A chemical reaction that's vital to a range of commercial and industrial goods may soon be initiated more effectively and less expensively.

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This week, researchers reported on nine rivers and lakes in the Americas that defy hydrologic expectations. Geologists report ...

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I think we need to toss the oil that is stored in the cupboard,” I said to my intern. She agreed to do the “sniff test” on ...

For millions of years, frogs have flourished in microbial swamps yet rarely falling ill. To survive these hostile ...

Here's where the James Webb Space Telescope comes in. Its advanced technology, including its large mirror and suite of specialized instruments, allows it to detect very faint emissions coming from ...

Casey Chong presents a selection of underrated neo-noir movies from the 1990s… The 1990s era saw a string of notable neo-noirs from Warren Beatty’s bold comic strip-like style Dick Tracy (1990) to ...

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The ...

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Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, essential ...

After a year of fastidious planning, a microscopic sample of the ultra-rare radioactive element berkelium arrived at a ...