Lab-based studies reveal how carbon atoms diffuse on the surface of interstellar ice grains to form complex organic compounds, crucial to reveal the chemical complexity in the universe. Lab-based ...

An international team of astronomers under the guidance of Leah Morabito of Leiden Observatory, Netherlands, has for the first time discovered the largest carbon atoms outside our Milky Way with the ...

While daydreaming on a bus, and then while dozing by the fireside, Auguste Kekulé realized that carbon atoms can combine into ...

TEAR up that old textbook. A pyramid-shaped carbon molecule that contradicts one of the most basic chemistry lessons we learn at school has been studied for the first time. It contains a carbon atom ...

The active ingredient in many drugs is what's known as a small molecule: bigger than water, much smaller than an antibody and mainly made of carbon. It's tough, however, to make these molecules if ...

Luckily, we don't have to count them one by one. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. All matter in the universe — no matter how big, ...