Theoretical chemists from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences have found how to synthesize the first binary compound of krypton and oxygen: a krypton oxide. It turns ...

Avert your eyes, Superman, because according to news out of Poland this morning, a team of chemists just got awfully close to actually creating the fictional substance of kryptonite. Don’t sweat too ...

Mitch Jacoby Mitch took a liking to the physical and analytical sides of chemistry as an undergrad at Cleveland State University and stayed with it at Northwestern, where he did his PhD work in ...

Kryptonite – which incited so much fear in Superman and his race – may no longer be the stuff of fiction, as scientists claim they they’ve got the formula for it. Theoretical chemists from the Polish ...

One of the most inert substances in the world has been persuaded to take part in the chemistry of life. Leonid Khriachtchev at the University of Helsinki in Finland and his co-workers have made an ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State University chemists and their colleagues at the University of Virginia have created the first-ever compounds of uranium bonded to atoms of three so-called "noble gases" -- ...

Chemists in the U.S. have created compounds with uranium and three "noble gases," which don't normally form compounds at all. The Ohio State University scientists found they could combine argon, ...

Noble gases—radon, xenon, krypton, argon, neon, and helium—are snobs. Their atoms typically shun liaisons with other elements because they already have all the electrons they need, but none to share.