A 30-ton shipment of ammonium nitrate disappeared from a railcar, KQED reported. The chemical is used to make both fertilizer and explosives. The chemical's supplier said that it thought the shipment, ...

Chemists looking to make explosives will often load their molecules with nitrogen atoms, which release energy as they break apart to form N 2 and other small molecules. Researchers have now prepared ...

Explosives have legitimate applications in agriculture, industry, and the military. Legitimate chemicals are particularly dangerous and require regulation because of their potential for misuse by ...