For the past decade, as Wisconsin’s neighbors have legalized marijuana one by one, the debate about pot has raged in Madison without resolution. But here’s the reality: Something very much like it is ...

Researchers who manipulate lignin, a molecular fiber that allows plants to grow tall and transport water, unexpectedly discovered its synthesis has more far-reaching effects on plant development than ...

A reaction that puzzled scientists for 50 years has now been explained by researchers at Ume University. Rapid structural snapshots captured how graphite transforms into graphite oxide during ...

The first chemical reactions in the wake of the Big Bang have been recreated for the first time in conditions similar to those in the baby Universe. A team of physicists led by Florian Grussie of the ...

Back in October, Newscripts wrote about chemist and baker Josh Smalley, who was a contestant in the most recent season of the televised baking competition The Great British Bake Off (known in short as ...

PERRYSBURG — Perrysburg High School has placed a teacher on leave after they mistakenly provided ammonia instead of vinegar for an experiment, according to a release from the school. Some students ...

AI is helping chemists unpick the mysteries around the origins of life and detect signs of it on other worlds. The Biggest Questions is a mini-series that explores how technology is helping probe some ...