For more than two centuries, fossil fuels have dominated global energy and chemical production, accounting for over 80% of ...

A scientific breakthrough that was deserving of a Nobel Prize could be the key we're looking for in the ongoing fight against ...

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, Richard Robson of University of Melbourne and former University of Michigan professor Omar Yaghi.

The Arctic Ocean, once locked in a vault of thick, old ice, now is transforming at lightspeed. Temperatures there are ...

The discovery that molecules of methane and ethane can worm their way into the crystal lattice of frozen hydrogen cyanide has ...

In the cobalt waters off San Diego, the key to tracking a powerful greenhouse gas drifts just below the surface. Tiny ocean ...

Astrophysicists have discovered five different carbon-based compounds in the Large Magellanic Cloud, marking a first in ...

Melting Arctic ice is revealing a hidden world of nitrogen-fixing bacteria beneath the surface. These microbes, not the usual ...

Hydrogen release at the electrode surface has long hindered the development of aqueous zinc metal batteries, a promising ...

The news that two more Japanese scientists were awarded Nobel Prizes in the natural sciences has been met with considerable consternation on the Chinese internet. Shimon Sakaguchi of Osaka University ...

NASA’s “leopard-spotted” Martian rock may be the clearest potential sign of ancient microbial life yet—proof awaits sample ...