Astronomers have spotted an unexpected chemical heavyweight drifting through deep space - and it may offer new clues about how life gets started. Detected near the center of the Milky Way, the ...

From ancient coins to modern markets, gold has shaped money and value for centuries. Here's why, among all the elements, it has remained the world's store of value.

A new study reveals that urban tributaries flowing through Wuhan are significant sources of phthalate esters, a widely used class of plastic chemicals, to the Yangtze River, highlighting previously ...

Navigating the cooking oil aisle at the supermarket can be overwhelming. With countless varieties available – from olive oil to avocado oil, coconut oil, sunflower oil, and beyond – it's difficult to ...

New research reveals that nickel and urea once throttled Earth’s earliest oxygen producers, delaying the planet’s transformation for nearly a billion years. Credit: Shutterstock Billions of years ago, ...

French aristocrat and chemist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier was an incredibly important figure in the history of chemistry, whose findings were equivalent in stature to the impact of Isaac Newton‘s ...

PARIS, April 24 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank sees two elements to BNP Paribas' (BNPP.PA), opens new tab 5.1-billion-euro ($5.8 billion) acquisition of AXA's asset management arm, BNP's ...