The new plot twist is that in order to keep enough nitrogen and phosphorus near its surface, a planet has to start out with ...

Life on Earth may exist thanks to an incredible stroke of luck — a chemical sweet spot that most planets miss during their ...

Ancient enzymes show life’s nitrogen signal stayed unchanged for billions of years, helping scientists read early Earth.

Life on Earth rests on a knife-edge of chemistry that could easily have tipped the other way. As geochemists reconstruct the ...

A new study suggests the world's oxygen-depleted seas may have a chance of returning to higher oxygen concentrations in the ...

Earth’s habitability may trace back to a precise chemical balance during its formation, one that kept life-critical elements from disappearing into the core or drifting into space.

As the climate crisis becomes a part of daily life with unprecedented heat waves and cold snaps, technology to effectively remove greenhouse gases is emerging as a critical global challenge. In ...

Graphene is a promising material for gas separation. However, identifying the optimal pore sizes for efficiently filtering ...

The science pros at TKOR experiment with batteries and oxygen to show what can go wrong.

Scientists studying ancient ocean fossils found that the Arabian Sea was better oxygenated 16 million years ago, even though ...

Blue holes are among the least understood features of the ocean floor. From the surface, they can appear ordinary, even calm, ...

A collaborative effort from researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Sandia National ...