Scientists solve a climate mystery that drove Earth’s transition from a warm greenhouse planet to today’s ice-covered world.

Adam Hartland receives funding from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment via grant LVLX2302. Lincoln University provides funding as a member of The Conversation NZ. Lincoln University ...

The solubility constant expression for CaCO3 (Calcium Carbonate) is a fundamental concept in chemistry, particularly in the study of equilibrium and solubility. Understanding this expression, often ...

You’ve heard about them growing up, you’ve seen them on food packaging, and you’ve read about them in nutrition articles: Vitamins. You've probably heard common phrases like: "Take your vitamins,” ...

WAKO, Japan, June 4 (Reuters) - Researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a modern-day scourge polluting oceans and ...

The water-soluble vitamins are vitamin C and vitamin B complex, which includes thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, pyridoxine, folate, biotin, and cobalamin. Vitamins can be fat-soluble or ...

As the world’s appetite for computers, smartphones and other electronic devices grows ever bigger, the other side of the coin — e-waste — is raising alarms. According to a UN report released in 2024, ...

Plastics are durable and strong, which is great while they’re being used but frustrating when they end up in the environment. Scientists at RIKEN in Japan have developed a new type of plastic that’s ...

As a dietitian at a major medical institution, I often talk with patients about the three macronutrients — protein, fat and carbs, so named because we need large amounts in our diet. But I much less ...

You know those ingredients lists on the back of food packages? The ones with all kinds of crazy long chemical names that sound like they came straight from a science lab? Well, today we’re looking at ...

Sean McMahon has received funding from Nasa. Nasa has announced the first detection of possible biosignatures in a rock on the surface of Mars. The rock contains the first martian organic matter to be ...