5+ hour, 11+ min ago  (830+ words) A 100-year-old rule in chemistry just got shattered. Scientists at UCLA have created molecules long thought impossible, flipping a cornerstone of science on its head. In advanced chemistry labs and classrooms around the world, one rule has quietly endured for…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (536+ words) New discovery proves stardust isn't what sends life into the universe, so what does? Aging stars have long been thought to blow life's elements into space by using stardust as a vehicle, pushed outward by their own light. But recent…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (390+ words) Deep inside Earth's mantle, scientists have discovered something extraordinary. What's lurking beneath the surface may surprise you. Deep within Earth's mantle, scientists have uncovered surprising evidence that traces of the planet's early form, proto-Earth, still remain intact. This finding, based…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (379+ words) But before you think about filling up a bottle, let's just say this ancient water is anything but refreshing, that make it more suitable for scientific study than for a sip. The water, extracted from a zinc and copper mine…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (181+ words) What if the search for alien life didn't require spotting complex organisms but simply analyzing the colors in a planet's clouds? While we traditionally think of life forms as large, complex organisms, microorganisms'tiny and often invisible'could hold the key to…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (449+ words) Scientists have unlocked a surprising clean energy breakthrough using an unlikely source from the poultry industry. In a potential breakthrough for green energy technology, scientists at ETH Zurich and Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU) have developed a membrane for hydrogen…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (395+ words) A violent asteroid strike once scorched Finland's landscape " but within just a few million years, microbes had reclaimed the crater, revealing how destruction can spark new beginnings. In the heart of Finland, Lake Lappaj'rvi tells a story of both violent…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (429+ words) A new study suggests that airborne microbes might leave detectable light signatures in exoplanet atmospheres. Tiny life forms adrift in alien skies might one day expose themselves through the faintest play of light. A new study suggests that airborne microbes…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (530+ words) Astronomers have uncovered the universe's largest known reservoir of water'evidence that vast cosmic oceans existed long before our own galaxy was born. A team of astronomers has discovered the largest and most distant water reservoir ever detected in the universe,…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (699+ words) If the material lives up to its early promise, it could pave the way for more fuel-efficient aircraft, lower emissions, and longer-lasting turbine parts, at a time when both industry and climate goals demand better solutions. In the race to…...