A textbook chapter's worth of organic reactions have just been moved within reach of surface chemists studying molecular electronics and nanoscale devices. In separate studies, researchers in Canada ...

The bonding-partner switcheroo that happens in metathesis reactions has been a boon for molecule makers. Chemists who made crucial discoveries in olefin metathesis even won the Nobel Prize in ...

Robert H. Grubbs of Caltech was awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for his role in developing the intricate molecular dance called metathesis, a novel technique that makes it easier ...

Using ring-closing metathesis to exploit the properties of carbon-carbon double bonds, researchers have developed a new catalytic approach for the preparation of compounds essential to drug discovery.

This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to three scientists for their work on a versatile strategy for synthesizing all manner of novel chemical compounds in an environmentally friendly way. Yves ...

Classical Mandaic manifests two types of systematic metathesis, both of which have interesting repercussions for Semitic and general linguistics. (1) t of the reflexive prefix metathesizes with an ...

In the Netflix series “Umbrella Academy,” Aidan Gallagher plays Number Five, a 58-year-old assassin and theoretical physicist trapped in a 13-year-old’s body. A naturally brainy teen and gifted actor, ...