Affordable, green energy production has long been promoted as a means to accelerate the decarbonization of sectors such as ...
This module focuses on thermochemistry, which is covered in either general chemistry I or general chemistry II depending on institutional preferences. The module consists of several activities.
What’s the connection between batteries and Earth Week? When we use batteries instead of nonrenewable power sources (like coal, oil, and natural gas), we help protect our planet! Fossil fuels release ...
Scientists have observed so-called 'roaming' chemical reactions, those that at certain points move away from the lowest minimum energy 'path of least resistance', in highly excited energy states for ...
The writer of a letter to the editor in the Nov. 6/13, 2023, edition, titled “Nuclear Waste,” has some serious misconceptions about disposal of such waste (page 3). If these were corrected, he would ...
The Valley of Death comes up a lot in chemistry entrepreneurial circles. It’s the difficult part of the journey that start-up companies take to turn an innovation that works at small scale into a ...
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded for a versatile technology that can be used for an astonishing variety of purposes, from environmental remediation to drug delivery and energy ...
Chemical engineers develop problem-solving skills, with a strong foundation in science, engineering, and mathematics that touch every aspect of our lives–from smaller, faster computer chips to ...