Thioxanthones are fascinating organic compounds that have found their way into many industrial and everyday applications. In the printing industry, for example, they help inks dry faster when exposed ...

Sulfur bonds strongly with heavy metals, including gold. But what form that sulfur takes to transport gold through Earth's subduction zones is a topic of debate among Earth scientists.

Usually, gold is locked within Earth’s mantle. But scientists have long suspected that sulfur, which forms strong chemical bonds with gold, allows it to be transported in magma up to the surface.

Scientists have previously known that gold forms molecular bonds with two to three sulfur atoms, but this study, which includes researchers from China, Switzerland, Australia and France ...

The team discovered a new pathway for the breakdown of sulfoquinovose that, unlike the sulfoglycolysis pathway, directly targets the unique carbon-sulfur bond in sulfoquinovose. They discovered a new ...