Scientists have found a way to more than double the uptake ability of a chemical structure that can be used for scrubbing carbon dioxide from factory flues. Oregon State University scientists have ...

New maps reveal a vast store of hidden star-making material called "CO-dark molecular gas," found in the Cygnus X region.

Researchers have synthesized new molecules able to quickly capture significant amounts of carbon dioxide from the air, an important tactic in climate change mitigation. Oregon State University ...

How do you turn toxic waste into fuel? Ask the microbe. A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, together with a colleague from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular ...

The discovery will help researchers understand how chemicals form and change before stars and planets are born.

A scientific breakthrough that was deserving of a Nobel Prize could be the key we're looking for in the ongoing fight against climate change and pollution.

This month we feature chemicals that have important applications in industry and the lab.—Ed. Carbon monoxide (CO) is the simplest carbon oxide, an important industrial and laboratory chemical, and a ...