Ken Wade recalls his own undistinguished part in the space race, and notes how carboranes revitalized boron hydride chemistry and modified our ideas of chemical bonding. In the 1950s, during the ...

Everything in the world is made from about 100 different chemical elements that join together in different ways to form all the solids, liquids and gases we see around us. All of the elements have ...

The opposite is true if we want to make new bonds. Energy is released when new chemical bonds are formed, so bond making is an exothermic process. Breaking or making the same chemical bond will ...

A new study that provides unprecedented insights into the chemical bonding of antimony could have a profound impact on materials research. The collaboration between scientists from Leipzig University, ...

If they collide with enough energy, bonds can break and new bonds can form in a chemical reaction. The reactants just sit there until energy is added with the flame. The added energy is enough to make ...

As the interactions between atoms are governed by the valence electrons, their findings shine light on the fundamental nature of chemical bonds, with implications for pharmacy and chemical ...