UCLA chemists have found a big problem with a fundamental rule of organic chemistry that has been around for 100 years—it's ...

For exactly 100 years, chemists have considered double bonds impossible – or nearly so – in organic chemistry under specific ...

UCLA chemists have overturned a century-old rule in organic chemistry that limited molecular design by proving that ...

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"It destroys creativity when we have rules that supposedly can't be overcome," the California-based researchers said.

A new crystallization theory shows that the solvent, not the solute, controls crystal formation. This two-step process ...

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John Hopfield, one of this year’s winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics, is a true polymath. His career started with probing ...

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The Flyers created some truly prime scoring opportunities in their last game against the Washington Capitals, but when it ...