Common solvents include water, ethanol and white spirit. A compound contains atoms of different elements, chemically joined together. Compounds form in chemical reactions, and you need other ...

The little spheres represent water molecules. Molecules are in constant motion. The attractions water molecules have for each other keep them close together. They can move past each other, but their ...

Virginia Tech researchers have identified how Shigella flexneri bacteria manipulate host molecules to ensure survival against ...

Gillan, M J Alfè, D Brodholt, J Vočadlo, L and Price, G D 2006. First-principles modelling of Earth and planetary materials at high pressures and temperatures. Reports on Progress in Physics, Vol. 69, ...

It happens every year around this time - the leaves on the trees begin to turn red, orange and yellow as we head into the ...

Host-guest chemistry, involving molecules that form complexes like a lock and key, has diverse applications from catalysis to ...

Water molecules are so attracted to each other that even after the balloon pops, the water molecules stay together keeping the shape of the balloon. In the water molecule, the oxygen and hydrogen ...

Osteoarthritis is a common and chronic condition that can ... In a recent study, researchers designed ‘dancing molecules’ that could be key in boosting cartilage repair. Osteoarthritis is ...

Cosmic dust may have helped to kick-start life on Earth, new research suggests. The findings challenge a widely held ...