Samsung Engineering, first Korean contractor to enter US plant market, signed contract for chlor-alkali plant with Dow-Mitsui Chlor-Alkali LLC

Reduced Schiff base ligands less susceptible to hydrolysis and form more stable V complexes than corresponding Schiff bases

Fast chemical reaction and LC-MS could unlock the secrets of protein folding by taking snapshots of folding in action

Porphyrin rings observed to assume saddle-like shape to bind two CO molecules or flatten to bind one NO molecule

Ultrasensitive mercury detection made possible with gold nanowire-on-film surface-enhanced Raman sensor

Multiple energy relay dyes incorporated into dye-sensitized solar cells enhance solar-to-electric power conversion by 35 %

Asymmetric hydrogenation of alkyl aryl ketones achieved with iridium-based spiro aminophosphine complexes and 97 % ee

Incorporation of zeolites into particle- or plywood boards lowers formaldehyde emissions and could improve indoor air quality

Glass-like metal has the strength of glass and the toughness of metal, creating a fracture toughness comparable to steel

Technique for straining out heavy water from a sample of drinking water has been devised by chemists in China