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Clean hydrogen created from plastic waste using battery acid from old cars and solar powerResearchers turned hard-to-recycle plastic into hydrogen using battery acid. This circular upcycling system tackles multiple problematic waste streams at once, the scientists claim.
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'They are literally everywhere': The shocking story of how forever chemicals polluted the worldINTERVIEW Live Science spoke with Mariah Blake, an investigative journalist and author of the book "They Poisoned The World," about one of the greatest corporate scandals in history.
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Chemists discover groundbreaking reaction that turns breadcrumbs into hydrogenChemists say they’ve found a way to turn breadcrumbs into hydrogen, potentially offering a sustainable alternative to one of the most common chemical manufacturing processes.
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Chemistry student develops clear polish that turns your fingernail into a touch-screen stylusResearchers have developed a prototype nail polish to help more people access electrically-charged touch screens.
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A new twist on matter? Strange 'Half-Mӧbius' molecule has rare properties chemists have never seen beforeChemists created a strange "half-Mӧbius" molecule, where electrons twist freely out of place to make a continuously looping surface.
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Why is mercury a liquid?Mercury is a metal, yet it has some weird physical properties, including being a liquid at room temperature.
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Science history: Carbon-14 is discovered, opening a window into past civilizations — Feb. 27, 1940Martin Kamen and Samuel Ruben's discovery of the radioactive isotope carbon-14 in 1940 helped usher in a new era of dating artifacts from past civilizations.
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New study of chemical reactions in space 'could impact the origin of life in ways we hadn't thought of'The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows.
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New electrochemical method splits water with electricity to produce hydrogen fuel — and cuts energy costs in the processScientists adapted a method that can produce double the amount of hydrogen when splitting water molecules with electricity.
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