The new findings strengthen the "RNA world" hypothesis that describes how the first life on Earth could have used RNA instead ...

A new solar-electrolysis system uses a copper-doped catalyst to turn farm waste into hydrogen and valuable formate.

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For the first time, researchers have managed to isolate and directly observe individual oxygen atoms inside liquid water, ...

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The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center turned 60 this year. We're celebrating with six of our favorite stories since ...

The milestone marks the first production of uranium chloride fuel for a fast-spectrum molten chloride reactor in the United ...

When researchers lowered whale bones into the deep ocean, they expected zombie worms to quickly move in. Instead, after 10 ...

A new CRISPR breakthrough shows scientists can turn genes back on without cutting DNA, by removing chemical tags that act ...

Far below the reach of sunlight, at roughly 4,000 m deep on the Pacific seafloor, researchers have stumbled on a form of ...