“The bond between carbon and fluorine atoms in PFAS is very strong, so most microbes cannot use it as an energy source. The F11 bacterial strain developed the ability to chop away the fluorine and eat ...

Bonus carbon fact: The carbon-fluorine (C-F) bond is the most stable chemical bond known to exist. Credit: ExtremeTech Carbon normally has six protons and six neutrons in its nucleus, giving it an ...

We’re a team of researchers who developed a chemical system that uses light to break down bonds between carbon and fluorine atoms. These strong chemical bonds help PFAS resist degradation.

Paul Nathanail argues that rather than referring to PFAS as ‘forever chemicals’, the term ‘lingering chemicals’ better ...

A ‘silver bullet’ technology remains elusive, but Jens Blotevogel and Pradeep Shukla say the development of diverse ...

From the bloodstreams of office workers in the world’s most developed countries to the organs of Amazonian hunter-gatherers, ...

These stable carbon–fluorine bonds have also been used with enormous success in the design of pharmacologically active molecules. The lengths of the C–H and C–F bonds are not too dissimilar ...

"Once they are released into the environment, they tend to stick around, and this is unfortunate because they have been shown to bioaccumulate in various organisms and plants." ...

Boron, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen: these four elements can form chemical triple bonds with each other due to their similar electronic properties. Examples of this are the gas carbon monoxide, which ...