John Morrison Galbraith is an associate professor of chemistry at Marist College who studies chemical bonding, which is the process that holds atoms together to make molecules. Did you take a ...

This video explores the limits of cutting paper, focusing on its primary component, cellulose. It analyzes the types of bonds ...

The latest short science news items from C&EN. Open an introductory chemistry textbook. What is a covalent bond? A covalent bond occurs when atoms share electrons in a molecule. What is a hydrogen ...

A research team from Hokkaido University has confirmed a century-old theory by discovering a stable single-electron covalent bond, known as a sigma bond, between two carbon atoms. This unique bond ...

Halogen bonds were first proposed as an activating interaction in 2008, but this alternative type of organocatalysis was ...