Chemical synthesis is the process by which one or more chemical reactions are performed with the aim of converting a reactant or starting material into a product or multiple products. Chemical ...

Growing up, I can remember almost all of the tattered and worn posters that adorned the classrooms of my school. Many of them had historical timelines, periodic tables, and the ...

A chance encounter in a Panama rainforest has uncovered a new defensive behavior in white-necked jacobin hummingbird chicks. In March 2024, Michael Castaño of the Smithsonian Tropical Research ...

In focused research groups, students and faculty within WPI’s Chemical Engineering Department go beyond the classroom to solve real-world problems, continuing to make discoveries in areas like ...

The Japanese Sea Slug. Image via Depositphotos. The nudibranch, or sea slug, is a vibrant creature that employs chemical mimicry. By consuming toxic prey, nudibranchs incorporate these chemicals into ...

The Japanese Sea Slug. Image via Depositphotos. The nudibranch, or sea slug, is a vibrant creature that employs chemical mimicry. By consuming toxic prey, nudibranchs incorporate these chemicals into ...

You might encounter a variety of chemical hazards on a daily basis. As their name suggests, chemical hazards are substances that can be dangerous to the human body, causing irritation or toxicity ...

These include nanotechnology, drug-delivery, energy storage and computational modelling. In the Chemical Sciences stream students will study the core concepts that are fundamental to all of chemistry ...