For decades, the search for life beyond Earth has revolved around a key question: What molecules should scientists be looking ...

New UCR research shows that the search for life beyond Earth could benefit from a statistical approach that prioritizes ...

A little-known tree from Brazil’s Atlantic Forest may hold a surprising weapon against COVID-19. Researchers discovered that ...

Against expert advice, people are using new and unpredictable synthetic drugs to experiment on themselves in hopes of ...

A routine experiment with a new single-cell DNA sequencing method turned into a surprising scientific twist when researchers ...

I n science, whether an anomaly is insignificant or the basis for a promising new field of study can boil down to the ...

Scientists have uncovered more than 1,700 new proteins that could have implications for human diseases, including cancer. Mostly very small, these proteins were found in what's called the "dark ...

Scientists have found that Madecassic acid, a common skincare ingredient, can block bacteria growth. Here's why that's ...

Liberia is poised to make history on May 16, 2026, with the hosting of its first-ever Student-Led Chemistry Symposium, an initiative expected to bring together 750 students in a major push to ...

Scientists from the Earlham Institute accidentally discovered a single-celled microorganism that violates one of the ...