The ocean serves as Earth's largest dynamic carbon sink, absorbing 400 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) annually through continuous exchange with the atmosphere. Researchers at Yale have now ...

Micrometeorites raining down from space may have provided the perfect surfaces for the first primitive cells to form on Earth ...

Researchers from the Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology (APM) of the Chinese Academy of ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new way that urea—an essential building block for life—could have formed on the early Earth. Instead of requiring high temperatures or complex catalysts, this ...

LMU researchers have demonstrated a possible mechanism for metabolic processes without cell membranes in water-filled pores.

The reaction efficiencies were higher than expected, compared to previous reports of visible light-driven photocatalytic ammonia formation.” ...

The formation of a distinct spectral feature at three micrometers, a clear indication of hydroxyl, was observed. And, this feature emerged without any trace of terrestrial water, confirming that ...

Researchers in Spain have observed the formation of protocells, which are basic building blocks of life, in a lifeless world simulation experiment.

But they have shrunk by more than 40 percent since 1968, uncovering rocks that, when exposed to the elements, can trigger chemical reactions that leach toxic metals into the water and turn it acidic.

Water bubbles formed at the nanometric scale have just been observed for the first time. This discovery could revolutionize the way water is produced in extreme environments. A team of researchers ...

For the first time, Northwestern researchers have witnessed the merging of hydrogen and oxygen atoms to form tiny, nano-sized bubbles of water in real-time and on a nanoscale. This study aimed to ...