A soak in a steamy tub, surrounded by candles sure seems like a great way to unwind. But new research suggests that burning certain kinds of candles may generate indoor air pollutants. Researchers at ...

Scientists have concocted a brew made with broccoli sprouts that may help protect against the toxic effects of air pollution. The study, published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research, made ...

Fluorophores are chemical compounds or molecules that absorb light energy at one wavelength and re-emit it as light at a ...

Samples of natural gas taken before it was burned for cooking in homes in the Boston area contained 296 chemical compounds, including 21 that are toxic to humans, researchers led by the Harvard T.H.

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) is routinely employed by physicists and chemists to capture atomic-scale images of molecules on surfaces. Now, an international team led by Christian Joachim and co ...

A new genetically modified houseplant could be hailed as an exciting breakthrough for environmental science or a biological pariah, depending on which side of the often-ill-informed argument one falls ...