Researchers have reported detecting all five canonical nucleobases used in DNA and RNA in samples collected from the carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu, building on analyses enabled by Japan’s Hayabusa2 ...

Researchers at two U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories have developed separate chemical approaches to purifying rare earth elements, each aimed at easing key bottlenecks in the refining ...

After years of research, international experts have confirmed the discovery of a new chemical reaction, launching new ...

A research team affiliated with UNIST has demonstrated that liquid electrolytes, when frozen, can still facilitate lithium-ion conduction sufficient for battery operation—challenging the traditional ...

Polypropylene and polyethylene are two durable and affordable plastics commonly used as packaging materials, snack wrappers, ...

Susan Spencer is a contributor to "CBS News Sunday Morning," where she reports on a wide range of topics for America's No. 1 Sunday morning news program. Vice President of Growth & Engagement at CBS ...

About a year ago, it seemed the sky was falling for American scientific research. The Trump administration last February cut thousands of workers at federal science agencies, squeezed the flow of ...

When materials become just one atom thick, melting no longer follows the familiar rules. Instead of jumping straight from solid to liquid, an unusual in-between state emerges, where atomic positions ...

Evelyn Valdez-Ward is executive director of ReclaimingSTEM Institute. Nic Bennett is a volunteer board member of Reclaiming STEM and People's Science Network. Robert N. Ulrich is the Associate ...

Americans are proud of their country’s science prowess: a majority believe it is important for the U.S. to be a world leader in science, according to the Pew Research Center’s latest report on trust ...

Dr. Shech is a professor of philosophy who specializes in the philosophy of science. As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about ...

Graphene has dazzled scientists for years with its extreme strength, thinness, and ability to carry electrical current with almost no resistance. However, outside the laboratory, this miracle material ...