The basic researcher is driven by curiosity and a desire to explore unknown territory. Basic research includes theoretical research and early-stage investigations in the laboratory or field. A ...

The Chemistry Aptitude Test is a tool to help you choose the introductory chemistry course that is right for you to maximize your opportunity for success at SLU. In general, students who do not ...

For visual learners, a molecule of ethanol is easier to understand when its carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms have careened onto a screen and spun around for a bit. Likewise, for these learners the ...

Students in our program develop a strong foundation in basic chemistry, as well as exposure to a wide range of technologies that are specific to the analysis of biological systems. This gives them a ...

This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry is a little unusual in that it recognizes three things: a conceptual approach to building complicated molecules, a chemical reaction that exemplifies that concept, ...

CHEM 1030 Fundamentals of Chemistry, CHEM 1050 Basic Chemistry, CHEM 1115 General Chemistry 1 Lab, CHEM 1125 General Chemistry 2 Lab, CHEM 1485 Principles of Chemistry II (Lab), CHEM 2415 Organic ...

Atomic orbitals exist, sort of. The lobes, spheres, and donuts familiar to many chemists are like a map of where you might find electrons around a nucleus. The geometric patterns and motifs that atoms ...