Chemistry

Communicating the value and the importance behind science research is essential for a number of reasons as students learned this past semester in the course “Communicating Science: How to enthuse the public about science and engineering and your ...

Hua Guo, a University of New Mexico professor with dual appointments in Departments of  Chemistry, and Physics and Astronomy, was elected and recognized recently as a Fellow in the American Physical Society (APS).

Chemical reactions proceed so fast it’s hard to capture the moves atoms make as they break and reform chemical bonds. Now, using a unique experimental approach, researchers at UC San Diego and the University of New Mexico have teased out the ...

UNM’s College of Arts and Sciences recently awarded two faculty, Professor Hua Guo and Teaching Assistant Lindsey Ives, with its 2013 Arts & Sciences Award for Teaching Excellence. Guo, who has a dual appointment in the Department of Chemistry and ...

UNM planners are starting the preparation process to construct an addition on the west side of the recently completed Science & Math Building with $5 million appropriated from the state ...

While the Mars' Rovers continue to scour the surface of the Red Planet snapping pictures, zapping rocks and looking at any other clues about its composition, researchers at the University of New Mexico's Institute of Meteoritics have made what could be a...

Bryan Kaehr (l.) and Jason Townson."Friday afternoon is usually the best time to do science. There's somehow less pressure. The week is behind you. You may get to sleep in tomorrow morning, so why not just try something?" Bryon Kaehr said. Kaehr is a ...

The UNM Nanoscience and Microsystems graduate program has been awarded their second highly competitive grant to provide fellowships for Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN). The announcement was made by Sen. Tom Udall.Many of the ...

Following an eight-month, 354-million mile journey, and a gentle landing in an area known as Gale Crater, researchers associated with the Mars Rover Curiosity were all smiles on Sunday night when confirmation the Rover had touched down safely reached the ...

They are the building blocks of all life on Earth – molecules with large chains of carbon and hydrogen. Yet, on Mars, there relation to life has been somewhat of a mystery scientists have disagreed on for decades. These molecules, which have been the ...