Sugar is one of the most common ingredients used in our daily life. Known for its sweet taste and energy-inducing properties, sugar is an instant hit for making teas and energy drinks. In chemistry, ...

Iron makes up about 5 per cent of the Earth's crust and is the most abundant element in the whole Earth (about 35 per cent). It is the second most abundant metal after aluminium and the fourth most ...

While we refer to substances by their common names in everyday life, all these substances have a chemical name and a chemical ...

In chemistry, the chemical nomenclature of ionic and molecular compounds uses a systematic approach of prefixes to indicate ...

Science shapes every part of our lives, but so much of its influence is overlooked or buried in the past. Tiny Matters is an award-winning podcast about tiny things — from molecules to microbes — that ...

During World War II, the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom approached the largest U.S. chemical and pharmaceutical companies to enlist them in the race to mass produce penicillin ...