For centuries, scientists believed that light couldn't be focused down smaller than its wavelength. Now, a magnifying glass focuses light a billion times more tightly, to the scale of single atoms.

Lasers have successfully recorded a chemical reaction that happens as fast as a quadrillionth of a second, which could help scientists understand and control chemical reactions.

Using computer modeling, chemists have discovered which exotic compounds may be in Uranus and Neptune — one known as "Hitler's acid." 

Scientists have captured the fundamental chemistry of the element berkelium on the periodic table.

To understand a molecule, you need to know the arrangement of its atoms.

Snowflakes can only form 35 different shapes.

Lowering the freezing point of water has numerous engineering and biological applications, and there are a few different ways to do it.