NSF Presents the Latest News in the Science of Stuff: Chemistry

The National Science Foundation is harnessing the power of the internet to present fascinating multimedia overviews of the several areas of research funded by NSF. In the overview of Chemistry and Materials, otherwise known as the science of stuff, NSF covers the hottest new topics in the field, from concepts of emergence and self-organization to green chemistry to the creation of new molecules and materials. The cool, state-of-the-art research described here is far removed from those torturous lessons in balancing chemical equations that you covered in high school. Here you can find out about what scientists are doing now to understand not only how nature's materials behave at the molecular to nanoscale level, but how to control them and create new materials. Interested in a career in chemistry? This is the place to start.