Single-celled algae in the ocean known as coccolithophores play an important role in the marine carbon cycle when they take ...

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected breakdown of nuclear order in a remarkably symmetric atom, challenging long-standing ideas about where such effects can occur.

New experiments suggest RNA, life’s essential molecule, could have formed naturally on early Earth and even arrived from ...

China confirms the first helium-rich gas supergiant in the Tarim Basin: Hetianhe rewrites the map of strategic resources.

The Moon is no longer just a backdrop for human exploration; it is being recast as a colossal energy bank. At the center of ...

Some of the most coveted metals on the planet are not just expensive, they are almost unimaginably scarce in Earth's crust ...

Small lakes on ancient Mars may have remained liquid for decades, even with average air temperatures well below freezing.

Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body and has an important role in healthy tissue as well as in a range of prevalent diseases. Medical research and diagnostics hence call for means ...