Researchers from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and CIBER-BBN, in collaboration with teams from the ...

"If an atom is going to decay, why doesn't it lose protons or neutrons one at a time? The reason is that the alpha particle is very very stable, and that's related to this idea of magic numbers." ...

In a new study, scientists have shown that chemical receptors that plants use to recognize nitrogen-fixing bacteria have ...

Low nitrogen availability is the number one limitation to plant growth in most ecosystems. Plants in the bean family and other closely related families evolved a symbiotic relationship with bacteria ...

“TPO, or trimethylbenzoyl diphenylphosphine oxide, is a key ingredient found in many gel products, especially top coats,” celebrity manicurist Michelle Class explains. TPO is not present in normal, ...

Learn more about how researchers track water movement through a technique called fingerprinting at Yellowstone National Park.

In alchemy, a theory exists about altering the nature of metals through changes in their composition, prominently featuring the legendary philosopher’s stone. But can one truly ... Continue Reading → ...

That’s the question at the center of a new Oxygen True Crime documentary, The Boston Strangler: Unheard Confession, which ...

New research reveals when oxygen flips from stable to reactive, "singlet" form connecting the chemistry of life with ...

New Haven, Conn. — The movement of protons through electrically charged water is one of the most fundamental processes in chemistry. It is evident in everything from eyesight to energy storage to ...

The discovery honored with this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics takes phenomena observed in the subatomic world—the ...