I f you’re confused about salt, I’m not surprised. There’s been a steady back-and-forth on claims that reducing dietary sodium (which represents 40 percent of the salt molecule) is crucial to our well ...

Textbook models will need to be re-drawn after a team of researchers found that water molecules at the surface of salt water are organised differently than previously thought. Textbook models will ...

Chemical names, unlike the common names of substances, describe the elemental makeup and structure of the compound. These are governed by international standards, such as IUPAC guidelines. While ...