Organic chemistry is a difficult subject to master for many reasons, one of which is the sometimes-confusing nomenclature of organic compounds. The Learn Organic Chemistry Nomenclature app walks users ...

The ACS Committee on Nomenclature, Terminology & Symbols (NTS) enables a common language for chemistry, with the ultimate goal of supporting a universal understanding of the field. The committee’s ...

Looking at the ingredient list of some popular processed foods will produce a puzzled look on the typical hacker’s face. Tricalcium phosphate, thiamine mononitrate, zinc proteinate, pyridoxine ...

Students learn to name both ionic and molecular compounds. Naming Compounds: Students learn to name both ionic and molecular compounds when given the chemical formula, including some hydrocarbons.

After five years of labor, the International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry has unveiled a method to create unique, computer-readable identifiers for chemical compounds. The source code and ...

In studying the origins of the complex system for naming chemical compounds, Evan Hepler-Smith examines the fundamental ways in which scientific knowledge is made. Hepler-Smith, from Pittsburgh, ...

The heaviest recognized chemical element with the atomic number 112 was discovered at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung and -- since February 19, 2010, -- officially carries the name ...

I set my mug down on the kitchen counter and catch the faint vibrations on the surface of my tea. If this were a horror movie, the very next scene would show a Tyrannosaurus rex bursting through my ...

In many ways, the history of civilization is the history of chemistry — the study of matter and its properties. Humans have always sought to identify, use and change the materials in our environment.

For those who follow our bizarre concoction of drug laws, it should come as no surprise that they are both ineffective and also woefully ill-equipped to keep up with new (sometimes) legal analogs that ...