DNA is fundamental to the biology of all life on Earth, but how many of us actually know what it is or what it's made of?

The JWST once again proves it might have been worth the money. Astronomers have spotted a surprising signature of oxygen in a ...

Astronomers are gobsmacked by an abundance of oxygen in JADES-GS-z14-0, the earliest (and most distant) known galaxy in the ...

JWST could potentially detect the signature of methyl halide compounds, produced by microbial life in Earth's ocean, on ...

Scientists at Goethe University uncover how the oldest enzyme in cellular respiration functions – opening the door to ...

An atom is so small that a single drop of water contains more than a billion atoms. Although tiny, atoms are mostly empty space. The simplified model of the atom is that of a cloud of negative ...

MIT’s Associate Professor Daniel Suess is studying these enzymes to uncover methods for capturing atmospheric carbon and ...

To be awarded an official English Heritage plaque, the proposed recipient (nominated by members of the public) must have died ...

Finding oxygen is a big deal. Only hydrogen and helium (with a sprinkle of lithium) formed in the Big Bang. All the other ...

To help find solutions to the planet's climate crisis, MIT Associate Professor Daniel Suess is looking to Earth's ancient ...

A team of scientists have elucidated an ancient mechanism of cellular respiration. To that end, they studied bacteria that feed on the gases carbon dioxide and hydrogen, and turn them into acetic acid ...

What can methyl halides, which are gases that consist of one carbon and three hydrogen atoms while being attached to a ...