Mars, often depicted as a barren red planet, is far from lifeless. With its thin atmosphere and dusty surface, it is an ...

Emory University researchers led by Kyle Biegasiewicz have repurposed enzymes to produce diazo compounds from hydrazones under milder, greener conditions than traditional chemical methods (J. Am. Chem ...

Now, two unrelated-but-similar experiments confirm that, in a double-slit experiment, detection of a photon’s path (its ...

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Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

The world’s oceans are becoming dangerously acidic. A controversial proposal would raise the pH — by mixing chemicals into ...

Nearly everything in the universe is made of mysterious dark matter and dark energy, yet we can’t see either of them directly ...

Chemistry is often presented as one of the most advanced sciences, yet its day-to-day practice remains surprisingly manual.

The origin of the first living molecules on our planet has long been debated. However, recent experiments are revealing new information about the plausible conditions on the early Earth.

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