Chemistry and Chemical Engineering News

A group of researchers have succeeded n building a fully functional replica model -- an ornithopter -- of a swallowtail butterfly, and they have filmed their model butterfly flying.

Researchers have discovered that mice -- and probably humans and other mammals as well -- produce their own morphine in their bodies

An experimental demonstration of a quantum calculation has shown that a single molecule can perform operations thousands of times faster than any conventional computer

An important step towards this elusive goal has been taken by a team of researchers. Discovered is an inexpensive metal catalyst that can effectively generate hydrogen gas from water

IBM scientists have created a 3D map of the earth so small that 1,000 of them could fit on one grain of salt

Researchers from Imperial College London have created a structure that acts like a single pole of a magnet, a feat that has evaded scientists for decades

Professor has come up with solutions for two problems that, for the last twenty years, have been hampering the development of efficient and affordable solar cells

A team of researchers have achieved a major breakthrough in the development of nanotubes -- tiny "magic bullets"

A new technique developed by Princeton University engineers for producing electricity-conducting plastics could dramatically lower the cost of manufacturing solar panels

Scientists have discovered the world's smallest superconductor, a sheet of four pairs of molecules less than one nanometer wide