Radical chemistry occupies a fascinating niche at the intersection of reactive intermediates and advanced materials science, where the interplay of unpaired electrons underpins unconventional bonding ...

Main group elements in low oxidation states have the potential to carry out chemistry that’s usually reserved for transition metals. For example, at low oxidation states, these atoms might be able to ...

Using muon spin rotation spectroscopy, researchers from Japan and Canada successfully captured the rapid conversion of an ...

Organocatalysts consisting of organic compounds without metal elements are receiving much attention as next generation catalysts in the hope of reducing environmental burden and coping with exhaustion ...

The free radical theory of aging is back in play after falling out of favor decades ago. (Remember when people were taking massive doses of various vitamins and minerals? Mopping up free radicals with ...