In the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, discovery starts at the molecular level and quickly expands outward. Here, students and researchers work side by side to understand how matter behaves, ...

How do we use chemistry in our everyday lives? A mysterious package dusted with white powder, rodent hair and a small white fiber: these are clues that a chemist educated in applied chemistry can use ...

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RIT offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs that prepare you for professional work in research laboratories and industrial settings. The materials science graduate program seeks to provide ...

The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (NSF MPS) supports multiple research programs in chemistry. These programs support fundamental discovery, ...

Many chemicals end up in the environment by intentional release during use (e.g., pesticides), by unintended releases (including emissions during manufacturing), or by disposal. Green chemicals either ...

Green chemistry is the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances. Green chemistry applies across the life cycle of a chemical ...

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has gone to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing.” That method, formally known as CRISPR-Cas9 gene ...

Breaking something rarely sparks joy—unless you’re activating a glow stick. Just bend the plastic baton until you hear a snap, and behold, you have a radiant wand to illuminate your way. Whether ...

San Diego-based Makellos remakes air-cooled Porsche 911s into more modern machines, from suspension to engines to anything you want. Makellos means "flawless" in German, so they have confidence. This ...

When we last left it, the Crusher Camaro was in the hands of Jim Sleeper at Precision Alignment, where it was to be torn completely apart and get not only a full suspension rebuild, but also a ...

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded on Wednesday to three scientists for discovering how proteins—the building blocks of life and the dynamos that let cells function—do their jobs. Proteins ...