Dining on the moon or Mars might seem like a fantasy reserved for science fiction, but researchers are investigating how it could become a reality.

Experiments reveal that unsaturated lipid membranes promote vesicle fusion and DNA retention during freeze–thaw cycles, highlighting icy environments as potential drivers of protocell evolution. Today ...

Understanding what complex chemical measurements reveal about materials and reactions can take weeks or months of analysis. But now, an AI-powered platform developed by researchers at the Department ...

Cities everywhere are running experiments to respond to climate change and sustainability challenges, such as new mobility ...

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Does the universe notice that we're paying attention to a quantum experiment? The answer goes against everything we thought we knew. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

A Mets minor leaguer bats in a Low-A Florida State League game. MLB is considering eliminating hitter timeouts entirely, or reducing their length, in three Low-A minor leagues next year. Mike Janes / ...

[Editors' note: this is an overall synthesis from the Reviewing Editor in consultation with the reviewers.] The three reviews expand our critique of this manuscript in some depth and complementary ...

Heating alone won’t drive soil microbes to release more carbon dioxide — they need added carbon and nutrients to thrive. This finding challenges assumptions about how climate warming influences soil ...

New research provides a framework for carbon capture driven by photochemistry, a potentially cheaper and less energy-intensive alternative to leading technologies. Reading time 3 minutes Year after ...