NASA's Curiosity Rover has discovered long carbon chains on Mars. On Earth, molecules like these are overwhelmingly produced ...

With the world set to blow past its temperature targets, efforts are growing to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

Researchers at the University of Oregon are turning rust and saltwater into pure iron, with a side of chlorine – and without the massive carbon footprint of traditional methods. Chemists are ...

Apr. 21, 2025 — Based on fundamental research, a new startup is upending decades-old approaches for the way the world extracts lithium and other ...

Mercury’s surface is scattered with graphite, a clear sign that its crust once floated atop a carbon-rich magma ocean. As the ...

Here’s the latest dirt on Mars. NASA’s trusty Curiosity rover, which has been exploring the so-called red planet for years, ...

Hidden within sphagnum moss, commonly known as peat moss, is an adsorbent material that can help us combat oil spills. A study by researchers from China presents a new bio-based oil adsorbent ...

Researchers at HSE University and the Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis of the Russian Academy of Sciences have discovered ...

Learn about new evidence that suggests life on Earth may have started with the help of molecules that were delivered by ...

An aerodynamic material that mimics shark skin helps planes fly with less drag – and it can be added to existing aircraft ...

Dimethyl sulfide is in the news after NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have detected relatively high levels of it in the ...

In 1996, a Nasa team announced a Martian meteorite discovered in Antarctica bore signs of past alien life. Specimen ALH84001 ...