Life's building blocks may not have been crafted in the lightning flashes of a tempest, a new study suggests, so much as in the ceaseless glow of rolling ocean mists.

This partnership underscores the rising importance of lithium in various sectors, from energy storage to pharmaceuticals.

The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has cleared a major hurdle in making a Generation IV nuclear reactor practical. Using a ...

A research group from France claims to have found a way to reduce indium consumption in heterojunction solar modules by 85 % ...

The long awaited, expensive, and major FPSO refurbishment project is underway for VAALCO Energy. Read why EGY stock remains a ...

T here are multiple theories that explain the origin of life on Earth, but one of the most disputed ones was proposed in 1953 ...

A study shows that electrical charges in sprays of water can cause chemical reactions that form organic molecules from inorganic materials. The findings provide evidence that microlightning may have ...

Experiments show that those small electrical charges can trigger the chemical reactions necessary to form organic molecules.

But real lightning would have struck infrequently—and mostly in open ocean, where organic compounds would have quickly ...

Zare’s team demonstrated the existence of micro-lightning, very small electricity discharges that occur between tiny droplets ...

Feb. 4, 2025 — Photosynthesis -- mainly carried out by plants -- is based on a remarkably efficient energy conversion process. To generate chemical energy, sunlight must first be captured and ...

These measurements include the chemical composition of the stars within these galaxies and an idea for how ... we can facilitate the production of more efficient thermoelectric materials. Materials ...