Fundamental breakthroughs in the natural sciences are rare. Progress is usually made in small steps, with knowledge slowly accumulating as more pieces of the puzzle fall into place. Now, however, ...

The newly synthesized [N₆]⁴⁻ hexazine ring has a striking similarity to benzene, the aromatic carbon compound which is omnipresent in nature," says Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Natalia Dubrovinskaia of the ...

As the saying goes, all good things take time – and this could be said to be especially true of major scientific breakthroughs. After nearly half a ...

IT is known that the molecular refraction, as defined by Lorenz–Lorentz, of liquid (non-aromatic and non-conjugated) organic compounds may be calculated with fair accuracy by summation of the atomic ...

Aromatic compounds are common growth substrates for microorganisms and are also prominent environmental pollutants. The crucial step in their degradation is to overcome the huge resonance energy that ...