While scientists have long known that iron oxide minerals help lock away enormous amounts of carbon—sequestering it from the ...

University of Alberta geochemists have discovered a missing piece to one of the great mysteries of science—the origin of life ...

Scientists found the first natural proof that underwater volcanoes make ammonia without biology, a reaction that may have ...

Scientists caution against attempts to narrow the PFAS chemical list by changing the definition of exactly what a "forever ...

An urgent product recall was issued for a product sold by Asda as it contains too much of an element that could cause skin ...

Deep inside Earth, researchers see signs that the solid inner core may be arranged in multiple chemical layers far below.

Researchers recreated conditions from billions of years ago and found that Earth’s young atmosphere could make key molecules ...

As interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is approaching Earth, Harvard scientist is debating whether the cosmic visitor is a friendly ...

One key component might be RNA, a molecular cousin of DNA found in every form of life on Earth, and now scientists say they have shown how it could have formed on our planet eons ago. But not everyone ...

Surface-bound gels may have offered the structure and chemistry needed for life to take hold on Earth—and possibly elsewhere.

A new University of Maryland study of campus air samples revealed that chemical compounds from Canada’s historic 2023 fires lingered in the air, forming an ‘atmospheric soup.’ ...