Everything we can see and touch, and quite a lot that we can’t as well, is made of tiny particles called atoms. Some substances, like particles of this iron, contain only one kind of atom. Iron is an ...

Researchers directly observed tetroxides for the first time, showing they exist in normal air conditions and play key roles ...

This article brings you the CBSE Class 9 Science Notes for Chapter 3 - Atoms and Molecules. These chapter notes are prepared by the subject experts and cover every important topic from the chapter. In ...

Inspired by a chemical that fungi secrete to defend their territory, chemists have synthesized and tested several dozen compounds that may hold promise as potential cancer drugs. Inspired by a ...

Organic compounds – those containing carbon atoms – found all over Mars were produced by water interacting with volcanic rocks, according to the analysis of a Martian meteorite. These compounds are ...

Organic compounds have been discovered on Mars in recent years – but how did they get there? A new study examines the different ways that one type in particular, thiophene, may have formed, and ...

There are lots of different substances but only just over a hundred elements. An element is a substance that is made up of only one kind of atom. The atoms in a particular element are the same as each ...