A Rule of Chemistry Stood for 100 Years. Now, Scientists Have Broken It—Twice.

Researchers synthesized weird molecules that exist in three dimensions, breaking Bredt's rule and helping to develop future ...
EurekAlert!

The Frontiers of Knowledge Award goes to Allan MacDonald and Pablo Jarillo-Herrero for their discovery of the “magic angle” enabling science to transform and c…

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences has gone in this eighteenth edition to physicists Allan ...

Penguins/Flames Recap: Malkin’s line stands out, Pittsburgh defeats Calgary 4-1

Pregame Kris Letang can’t go in this game due to an upper-body injury so go ahead and just don’t look at this blueline group ...
C&EN

2 unusual alkenes stretch the limits of molecular geometry

Cubene and quadricyclene are descended from cubane and quadricylane, both cage-shaped structures with bonds that are fairly ...
Nature

Physical chemistry articles from across Nature Portfolio

Physical chemistry is one of the traditional sub-disciplines of chemistry and is concerned with the application of the concepts and theories of physics to the analysis of the chemical properties and ...
Nature

Environmental chemistry articles from across Nature Portfolio

Environmental chemistry is the study of chemical processes that occur in water, air, terrestrial and living environments, and the effects of human activity on them. It includes topics such as ...
BBC

Bonding, structure and properties

When a metal element reacts with a non-metal element an ionic compound is formed. When a non-metal element reacts with a non-metal element a covalent bond is formed. Structures and properties ...