Is there a shortage of blue pigments, which is causing makeup companies to avoid those shades? This chemist debunks that ...

“If I ask an organic chemist to make me a random new molecule, they can’t do it,” says Lee Cronin, a professor of chemistry at the University of Glasgow. “It’s not because they are stupid. It’s ...

Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

Medicinal chemists paly a crucial role in the drug discovery process through the selection and synthesis of compounds that establish structure–activity relationships and achieve efficacy and safety in ...

The perception of a chemist varies. Some might imagine the "mad scientist" from old cartoons—a white-haired older man working with beakers in his lab—but as that cliche fades, the reality of what ...

Because of dams built on the Rio Grande and an increase in flash floods in Southwest Texas, the nonprofit Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center has embarked on a quest to document more ...

The average annual salary for chemists in the U.S. is about $30,000 more than the average salary for all occupations in the country. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Occupational ...