Ethers — such as the widely used tetrahydrofuran — are mostly known in chemistry labs as inert solvents. A bimetallic base has now been shown to dismember this simple cyclic ether, breaking six of its ...

A 16-year-old boy lifts a Volkswagen off his pinned neighbor. A mother fights off a polar bear to protect her children. A daughter heaves an overturned tractor from atop her father. These feats are ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Russia said it did not want to hold negotiations with “a megaphone” after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dropped Kyiv’s demand to join the NATO alliance, though Moscow also said the issue is a ...

The chemical synthesis of natural oligosaccharides by sequentially stitching monosaccharides together remains a major challenge because of the complexity of carbohydrate structures. A recent paper ...

Spotting new bumps on your body can leave you scrambling to find pictures of skin rashes to compare them against. While there’s a large range of things that can cause skin rashes, doing your best to ...