Scientists have used computing power and clever modeling to solve a 200-year-old chemistry and math puzzle. For all these years, the question at play has been how to plot the electron structure of a ...

Ever since the 1930s debate has raged inside chemistry circles concerning the fundamental electronic structure of benzene. It is a debate that in recent years has taken on added urgency, because ...

Earlier this month, Molecule of the Week brought you the venerable and extremely hazardous molecule benzene. This week’s molecule has one of the structures that was originally proposed for benzene: ...