New experiments reveal that protein precursors can form naturally in deep space under extreme cold and radiation. Scientists ...

Hydrogen cyanide, a toxic chemical, may have helped spark the chemistry that led to life. When frozen, it forms crystals with ...

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Through new experiments, researchers in Japan and Germany have recreated the chemical conditions found in the subsurface ...

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An atmospheric scientist at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has ...

Researchers are uncovering how a poisonous chemical could have helped life emerge.

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Louis E. Brus, a chemist and Nobel laureate who discovered quantum dots, tiny crystals that emit various colors of light ...

During my visits to several schools in villages and nearby semi-urban areas, I encountered a troubling contradiction at the ...

Step into the hidden science lab in your kitchen with five easy experiments that explain refraction, surface tension, oxidation, capillary action and motion.