NASA's Perseverance rover has for the first time helped scientists confirm that electrical sparks often ignite within ...

This list exemplifies the hard work in science over this past year, not simply in the lab but where it matters.

The findings could help chemists optimize catalytic systems in the future. Gold demand has skyrocketed in the past decade. This has caused airborne mercury pollution to rise as well. The two may not ...

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It’s an oft-cited science “fact” that ice is slippery due to pressure or friction, but this explanation doesn’t explain why ice’s slippery behavior remains at temperatures where such melting isn’t ...

Reports of halted research and clinical trials contradict Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s statement that the Trump administration hasn’t cut science and research. One recent research letter ...