In a blow to anyone dreaming that complex life may exist elsewhere in the universe, a new study suggests we're unlikely to ...

You do not usually notice oxygen unless it is missing. It is just there when you wake up, when you step outside, when you ...

Right now, our world is teeming with life thanks to all the oxygen, but Earth wasn't always like this. Researchers forecast ...

While late M-stars are the easiest places to find Earth-sized planets, a new study suggests they are biological dead ends where animal life may never find enough fuel to evolve.

A research team led by Professor Chen Zhongqiang from the China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) in Hubei province has identified periodic oxygenation events in Earth's oceans dating back roughly 580 ...

This means that the photolysis of α-keto acids has now been identified as another important source of atmospheric oxidants, the researchers write in Science Advances, the open-access journal of the ...

Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons.

CannaGenesis is betting that the next era of cannabis leadership won't be defined by who grows the best plants, but by who ...

Persistent pharmaceutical residues such as carbamazepine are increasingly detected in natural waters, posing long-term ...

This study presents a highly efficient approach to solar hydrogen production by pairing water electrolysis with the selective oxidation of biomass-derived glucose. Central to this advance is a ...