NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The ...

After a year of fastidious planning, a microscopic sample of the ultra-rare radioactive element berkelium arrived at a ...

Supercritical water, a mysterious state where water behaves like both a liquid and gas, has long puzzled scientists.

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

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 ...

Animals, plants and many other living organisms inhale oxygen to "burn" (oxidize) compounds like sugar into CO2 and water—a ...

When exposed to high temperatures and pressure, water enters a state in which liquid and gas can no longer be distinguished. For a long time, there has been controversy about how this looks like on a ...

so the oxygen "head" touched the electrode, ready to give up its electrons. "Electrodes are negatively charged, so the water molecule wants to put its positively charged hydrogen atoms toward the ...

Ancient microbes illustrate a particular kind of respiration in which carbon dioxide and hydrogen are combined to form acetic ...

Discover the history of flash paper, guncotton, and nitrocellulose. Learn how Christian Schonbein's accidental discovery led ...

These trends match our recent experience advising on hydrogen matters. One green hydrogen pathway is evolving to take the ...