Physical chemists are focused on understanding the physical properties of atoms and molecules, the way chemical reactions work, and what these properties reveal. Their discoveries are based on ...

Find an outline of the core ideas in chemistry that should be addressed in any comprehensive middle school curriculum. Each core idea is further broken into chemical principles, and suggested concepts ...

Mark A. Johnson at Yale University discusses how the two sides of physical chemistry have necessarily developed together, and looks at how their synergy dictates the direction of contemporary research ...

What is chemistry? I’m sure that every chemist has his or her answer to that question. Mine would be along the following lines: Chemistry is the study of matter and its transformations and the ...