In a nutshell Scientists have developed a powerful new microscope called SMART-EM that can record real-time videos of individual atoms and molecules during chemical reactions, something that was ...

A Northwestern University-led international team of scientists has, for the first time, directly observed catalysis in-action ...

When the alcohols with the shortest hydrocarbon chains, eg methanol, ethanol or propanol, are added to water, they mix easily to produce a solution. However, the solubility decreases as the length ...

Fermentation is a slow reaction and takes several days or weeks to finish. If air is present, the oxygen causes the ethanol to oxidise to ethanoic acid, so the drink tastes of vinegar.