Professor Paul Chirik leads a lab researching potential new catalysts for pharmaceutical and commercial applications.

Biochar engineered with artificial humic substances can dramatically amplify sunlight-driven chemical reactions, offering a ...

DNA, the blueprint of life, is best known for its fundamental role as genetic material—storing and transmitting biological information through the precise sequence of its bases. For decades, this ...

Without the highly brilliant X-ray sources, the otherwise very weak signal would not have been measurable. While the reaction ...

It uses a system called simplified molecular-input line-entry system (SMILES). This translates chemical 3D structures into ...

A ring of beads connected to tentacles A modeling study shows how chemical reactions can stimulate motion in simple systems, like the structure here—made of enzyme coated beads connected to ...

Computational Chemistry is the study of complex chemical problems using a combination of computer simulations, chemistry theory and information science. Also called cheminformatics, this field enables ...

UC Santa Barbara researchers are building out the repertoire of chemical reactions, using light. In a paper published in the journal Nature, chemistry professor Yang Yang and collaborators at the ...

A team of researchers has shown that molecules can be as formidable at scrambling quantum information as black holes by combining mathematical tools from black hole physics and chemical physics and ...

New research reveals hidden inflammation chemicals in asthma that rise with symptom severity and may allow earlier, simpler ...

The science pros at TKOR investigate chemical reactions using steel wool and batteries, turning household items into hands-on ...