A study shows that electrical charges in sprays of water can cause chemical reactions that form organic molecules from inorganic materials. The findings provide evidence that microlightning may have ...

Roughly 8,000-year-old remains unearthed from present-day Tunisia held a surprise: European hunter-gatherer ancestry ...

The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity—or not ...

A team of researchers has rediscovered a frog species which has not been seen in more than 130 years. First described in 1902, Alsodes vittatus had evaded detection since then, despite multiple search ...

UCLA doctoral student Yilin Wong noticed that some tiny dots had appeared on one of her samples, which had been accidentally ...

Sand mining destabilises riverbeds and affects local communities but new hi-tech surveillance can improve the monitoring of ...

Brown also calls out the “stunning scenery and tall trees at Yosemite National Park,” a destination he says “all nature lovers should have on their U.S. bucket list.” Maxwell calls Montana ...

Rocks are one of nature’s tools for trapping carbon dioxide from air and permanently locking it away. The silicate minerals found in certain rocks react with carbon dioxide and convert it into solid ...

1 Energy Economics Institute, China National Offshore Oil Corporation, Beijing, China 2 School of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, China Shale reservoirs, as a ...

Research Centre for Carbon Solutions (RCCS), School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, U.K. Research Centre for Carbon Solutions (RCCS), School of ...

POWELL — Outside of some stray pieces of crime scene tape around a Byron residence, there were few outward signs on Tuesday of the tragedy that had occurred the previous day. But people in the small ...