In 1867, Lord Kelvin imagined atoms as knots in the aether. The idea was soon disproven. Atoms turned out to be something ...

Lignin is one of the most abundant aromatic polymers on Earth and has long been recognized as a promising biomass resource.

The critically endangered North Atlantic right whale population has ticked up again, according to local researchers who say ...

Unless you've owned reptiles, you might not know that many of them "pee" crystals. Researchers publishing in the Journal of ...

Electron-capture supernovae (ECSNe) are stellar explosions that occur in stars with initial masses around 8–10 times that of ...

Why do some people regularly attend the opera, visit art galleries, or go to classical music concerts—while others rarely, if ...

The cloudy, sediment-laden meltwater from glaciers is a key source of nutrients for ocean life, but a new study suggests that ...

People living, working and visiting London have seen substantial reductions in air pollution following the introduction of ...

Using ESA's Gaia satellite, astronomers have detected 87 stellar streams associated with globular clusters (GCs) in our Milky ...

Using information on alpine plant species, researchers investigated how the chemistry of flowers' scent affects not only the ...

New research published in International Studies of Economics sheds light on an important but often overlooked driver of ...

The world-first insemination of an Amur leopard in France has lifted hopes of animal lovers for the survival of Earth's ...