They weren’t even looking for it—it showed up while tracking how pollution forms.

For decades, Republican lawmakers and industry lobbyists have tried to chip away at the small program in the Environmental Protection Agency that measures the threat of toxic chemicals. Most people ...

Finding and developing new molecules is one of the great research endeavors of modern chemistry. From the development of new ...

A cart sits in a classroom lab with multiple shelves loaded with white and amber bottles of chemicals. The labels show many different brands and time periods, and some are peeling. Legacy chemicals ...

What’s dumped into a landfill is supposed to stay there, but a new study finds that toxic “forever chemicals” are wafting from the waste into the air. The discrepancy between landfill liquid and gas ...

Scientists are warning that the modern food supply is quietly dosing people with chemicals that may raise the risk of cancer, not just through obvious additives but through packaging, processing and ...

Specific molecular property of lignin in trees determines difficulty of using microbial fermentation to turn trees and other plants into industrial chemicals. Trees are the most abundant natural ...

During Q4FY26, Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) invested only around ₹150 crore (net) in the overall chemical sector.