About 100 years ago, scientists discovered materials that could conduct electrons without losing energy to resistance, but, these "supe...

Graphene is a honeycomb-like form of carbon that is just one atom thick. Graphane is produced when hydrogen atoms are added to both sides of...

A fingerprint is made up of material from the surface of the skin and from gland secretions, which can be detected and analysed. Fingerprin...

The Chemistry Department of the University of Girona (UdG) has been investigating the chemicals present in the breath of smokers. They analy...

Helium. He, is used to fill balloons, in lasers for eye surgery, as a cooling agent in nuclear reactors, and as a pressurizing agent for li...

The Earth is depleted in some elements, such as hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen and silver, compared to the Solar System as a whole. What scienti...

Studies have shown that several species of seaweed common in both the Pacific and Caribbean Oceans can kill corals upon contact using chemic...