New research reveals that Earth’s solid inner core is actually in a superionic state, where carbon atoms flow freely through ...

Machine learning is transforming many scientific fields, including computational materials science. For about two decades, scientists have been using it to make accurate yet inexpensive calculations ...

Every breath of air, every strand of DNA and every cell in my body carries a chemical story that began long before Earth ...

While daydreaming on a bus, and then while dozing by the fireside, Auguste Kekulé realized that carbon atoms can combine into ...

A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 ...

Researchers have discovered that not all atoms in a liquid are in motion and that some remain stationary regardless of the ...

Billions of tons of silicon and oxygen surround us, yet one element hides in nearly invisible traces. It's rarer than gold, and most people have never even heard its name.

Some of the elements used by living systems are far more abundant in Cassiopeia A than we thought, hinting that some parts of ...

If you look across space with a telescope, you'll see countless galaxies, most of which host large central black holes, ...

Safer operation, better fuel efficiency and lower waste mark lead-cooled nuclear power as a potentially dramatic shift from ...

If you look across space with a telescope, you’ll see countless galaxies, most of which host large central black holes, ...