sulfur

What has chemistry ever done for me, you might ask?

More than a mile beneath the ocean’s surface, as dark clouds of mineral-rich water billow from seafloor hot springs called hydrothermal vents, unseen armies of viruses and bacteria wage war.

Chemists have created nanoparticles that can sample crude oil and natural gas for hydrogen sulfide before pumping.

Sulfur left over from refining fossil fuels can be transformed into cheap, lightweight, plastic lenses for infrared devices, including night-vision goggles, new research shows.