Earlier this month, Molecule of the Week brought you the venerable and extremely hazardous molecule benzene. This week’s molecule has one of the structures that was originally proposed for benzene: ...

One of the fundamental mysteries of chemistry has been solved by Australian scientists – and the result may have implications for future designs of solar cells, organic light-emitting diodes and other ...

Life as we know it is based on the ability of the carbon atom to form ring-shaped molecules. But rings of carbon are not exclusive to Earth, as experts in space chemistry now know. A Spanish team of ...

(a) There are four different benzene sites in the channel of NKU-300. (b) The host-guest interactions between benzene and NKU-300. (c) The interactions between adsorbed benzene molecules. Art by ...

A photo of an analytical lab in operation. Scientists at the indepenent analytical lab Valisure have found benzene in numerous consumer health and beauty product samples. Credit: Valisure These are ...

A commonly circulated online item about the dangers of benzene supposedly emitted by automobile components has been widely misunderstood: Do not turn on A/C immediately as soon as you enter the car!

PARACHUTE CREEK – Benzene, a cancer-causing toxin, has been found in a newly completed groundwater monitoring well just 10 feet from Parachute Creek, where investigators have been looking for nearly ...