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 ...

Replicating the natural process plants use to create their own food from sun and water could ease some environmental issues.

Primordial supernovae got the ball rolling a quick hundred million years or so after the start of the universe.

But real lightning would have struck infrequently—and mostly in open ocean, where organic compounds would have quickly ...

South Africa’s world-leading platinum group metals (PGM) endowment received a major boost when European Commission President ...

Hydrogen from geological formations makes up about 10% of the flammable gases that form the Yanartaş flames near Cirali, ...

The SNS offers unprecedented research opportunities due to its intensely bright neutrons and world-class instruments. EQ-SANS is one of 19 instruments available at SNS for users such as Ünnep and ...

Artificial photosynthesis holds the key to cleaner energy and carbon capture, but replicating nature’s process is no easy ...

With artificial photosynthesis, mankind could utilize solar energy to bind carbon dioxide and produce hydrogen. Chemists from ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is investigating the Flame Nebula, hunting for "failed stars" to better understand how brown ...

Scientists have developed an innovative solar-powered method to transform sewage sludge -- a by-product of wastewater treatment -- into green hydrogen for clean energy and single-cell protein for ...

Dark matter continues to confound us, so far defying every attempt to decipher it. According to a new study, clues may lurk ...