Astrobiologists propose that alien civilizations need accessible coal deposits to industrialize exoplanets and become detectable from Earth.

Chinese researchers have developed a solar-powered process that uses carbon dioxide and water to create the basic components ...

Plants fix 258 billion tons of CO2 in their chloroplasts through photosynthesis every year. For these cell organelles to work properly, they require certain minerals—particularly ions of the metals ...

Life Processes is often treated as a chapter to memorise, but it is far more than that. From photosynthesis to respiration, ...

In this video, I explain why some reactions explode while others cool, exploring the root cause of chemical energy. I discuss ...

The most important chemical equation in the world is the following: carbon dioxide plus water plus energy from sun equals sugar plus oxygen (6 CO2) + (6 H20) + (674 calories) = (C6H1206) + (6 02).

The Food and Drug Administration has sent out warning letters to multiple retailers after stores failed to remove recalled baby formula linked to an outbreak of infant botulism from the shelves.

While much of the history of life on Earth is written, the opening chapters are murky at best. On our ever-changing world, the older a rock is, the more it has changed, obscuring or even erasing ...

ByHeart, a manufacturer of organic baby formula, recalled all of its products sold nationwide Tuesday, days after some batches were recalled in an expanding outbreak of infant botulism. At least 15 ...

Formula E, the all-electric global racing series sanctioned by the FIA, unveiled its next-generation racing car, and with it, technology pushes development into rarified air. The GEN4 car boasts an ...

We’ve long marveled at how efficiently plants convert sunlight into energy—but no one guessed they were using quantum mechanics to do it. In this episode, we speak with Greg Engel, a pioneering ...

Alizée Malnoë ascends a spiral staircase to Myers Hall’s fourth floor “greenhouse,” one lacking windows. Just within stands metal shelving, housing trays of seedlings haloed by grow lights. She ...