Acrylic polymers such as poly (methyl methacrylate)—the plastic used in Plexiglas—are durable materials with a huge variety of commercial applications. But the all-carbon backbones that give these ...

An international team of researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has developed a new method for analyzing actinides. The method provides unique insights into the electronic ...

The modern periodic table, arranged in rows and columns ... As a rare and short-lived element with atomic number 118, Oganesson can only be synthesized one atom at a time, with production rates as low ...

Chlorate can be found in foods as it derives from chlorine disinfectants widely used in water treatment and food processing. In a 2015 scientific opinion, the European Food Safety Authority said ...

Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, P. R. China Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, P. R. China State Key Laboratory of ...