Astronomers have found key organic molecules in a young star’s disk, V883 Orionis, suggesting that the origin of life in deep space.

Tentative detections of life-linked molecules in a star’s disk suggest planets may form with the ingredients for life already ...

Astronomers have detected signs of complex organic molecules, the precursors to the building blocks of life as we know it, in ...

A new electrochemical system efficiently converts PET plastic waste into glycolic acid and hydrogen, using alternating pulses ...

In a world constantly in motion, where ambition shapes empires and innovation fuels the future, there exists a silent force, ...

This study provides novel and convincing evidence that both dopamine D1 and D2 expressing neurons in the nucleus accumbens shell are crucial for the expression of cue-guided action selection, a ...

Polyester is a synthetic fabric made from petroleum that is versatile enough to mimic silk, wool, or even cotton. Find out what polyester feels like, for real.

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a team of astronomers led by Abubakar Fadul from the Max ...

Penn materials scientist Shoji Hall and colleagues have found that manipulating the surface of water can allow scientists to ...

National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry has logged more than 10,000 hours under water—but he's never before snapped a photo of a great white in Maine before.

Lawmakers are poised to give California’s water districts legal cover from lawsuits as they work to meet strict new state standards for a cancer-causing toxic chemical. It’s called hexavalent ...