One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ultimately forming protocells—primitive, non-living structures that were ...

Feb. 19, 2025 — Humanity can farm more food from the seas to help feed the planet while shrinking mariculture's negative impacts on biodiversity, according to new ...

In his first few weeks, President Trump has frozen climate spending, shaken up staffing at agencies like the E.P.A. and set off a wave of legal challenges. What the economics of coal-rich states ...

For the first time, they achieved asymmetric (chiral) living polymerization of optically active polyisocyanides using liquid crystals with chiral (mirror-image isomer) structures as a solvent.

For more than 75 years, high-hazard structures in the U.S., including dams and nuclear power plants, have been engineered to withstand floods resulting from the most unlikely but possible ...

Post-polymerization modification of incorporated monomer units focus on two types of reaction. One is the removal of protecting groups where monomers with the desired functionality are incompatible ...

With much of the U.S. blanked in snow this week, many might be wondering what our warming climate means for the future of our winters. The impacts of climate change might be far more noticeable ...

Global demand is expected to see an annual increase of around 4% through 2027. The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it's happening right now and affecting what matters most to us.

Feb. 21, 2025 — Perovskite solar cells are highly efficient and low cost in production. However, they still lack stability over the decades under real weather conditions. An international ...

Climate change refers to a statistically defined change in the average and/or variability of the climate system, this includes the atmosphere, the water cycle, the land surface, ice and the living ...