A new derivative of ferrocene has 20 valence electrons, challenging the longstanding rule that organometallic compounds can ...

Once thought unlikely, this new finding in coordination chemistry could lead to promising advances in catalysis and materials science. For more than 100 years, the widely accepted 18-electron rule has ...

Satyendra Nath Bose didn’t just make huge contributions to quantum science, he also welcomed women into what was at the time a male-dominated field. Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta and Rupamanjari Ghosh discuss ...

One of the greatest revolutions in the field of pain medication was the isolation of morphine from the opium poppy in the ...

Chirality: like a right hand and a left hand, two molecules can have the same composition, but a different shape and ...

Can you imagine a life-saving molecule whose “twin” is a deadly poison? As surprising as it may seem, this chemical reality is known as “chirality”. Like a right hand and a left hand, two molecules ...

Researchers have found the first new type of magnet in nearly a century. Now, these strange "altermagnets" could help us ...