Researchers accidentally formed gold hydride under extreme pressure, revealing that gold is actually a "reactive metal." ...

Helium, the gas that fills up our balloons, has a reputation as a chemistry lightweight—as an element that doesn’t react with much of anything. Researchers say they’ve used high pressure to coax ...

A team of scientists working to replicate the conditions of early Earth in modern lab experiments may have cracked one of the key problems in understanding how life began. They think they've found a ...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that a small chemical compound can restore ...

The key to surviving a nuclear disaster may lie in Brussels sprouts: A compound derived from these and other hardy vegetables protected rodents from lethal doses of radiation in recent experiments.

TWO papers dealing with experiments on compound stress were read at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on Friday, December 17. The first of these, by Mr. William Mason, of the University of ...