Caltech researchers have identified a novel chemical reaction that could explain the formation of the building blocks of DNA and RNA, the molecules that encode all of life's functions. The work is an ...

Concerns about benzene in personal care products are back, this time in acne medications based on benzoyl peroxide. Benzene is known to cause cancer in humans. The independent analytical lab Valisure ...

When an independent laboratory filed a citizen’s petition in March 2024, urging the FDA to recall and suspend the sale of acne products containing benzoyl peroxide after finding what it termed ...

Joint computational and experimental study sheds light on a unique property of 2-D materials—dynamic changes of electronic configuration during transformations at the molecular level. Discovery of ...

Benzene is one of the most commonly used chemicals in the United States. It’s a natural component of crude oil and is also used in manufacturing plastics, rubbers, pesticides, and other chemicals. You ...

Benzene is big business. A natural part of crude oil, the chemical is a starting material for plastics, drugs, detergents, and more. Yet because of the molecule’s hardiness, limited chemical pathways ...

Two centuries after its discovery, the simple yet revolutionary molecule benzene continues to shape our world. From being the gas that illuminated London in the 19th century to the cutting-edge ...

HYPOREGENERATIVE and aplastic types of hemopathy brought about by exposure to benzene were described in the nineteenth century, and the question of leukemic myelosis from the same cause has been ...

A close look at the mechanism by which benzene starts to polymerize under pressure leads to a new way of understanding and eventually manipulating the synthesis of new carbon-based solids. The authors ...