Scientists studying ancient ocean fossils found that the Arabian Sea was better oxygenated 16 million years ago, even though ...

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A surface capable of responding to chemical signals generated by microorganisms and automatically producing biocidal ...

A new study suggests the world's oxygen-depleted seas may have a chance of returning to higher oxygen concentrations in the ...

In one of the most baffling discoveries of the last decade, scientists have found a clue in a cave to how life might survive ...

Because it takes time for light to travel large distances, the quintet's collision in the far-off reaches of space happened ...

Combined chemical and hydrodynamic modeling offers a powerful tool beyond Jupiter. Scientists can apply similar techniques to Uranus, Neptune, and gas rich exoplanets. Such planets remain difficult to ...

The discovery of catalytic RNA transformed our understanding of life's beginnings. Clare Sansom explores how the RNA world ...

Scientists have developed a new nanomaterial that triggers a pair of chemical reactions inside cancer cells, killing the ...

It's generally a wise decision to lay wine bottles on their side. But dong the same to bourbon is a very poor decision, and ...

Scientists have launched a fresh effort to find out what could be producing oxygen at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

These chemical oddities may explain why Earth seems to be deficient in certain elements — and could prove useful in catalysts ...