Cyanobacteria—ancient microbes that oxygenated Earth and made complex life possible—are still revealing surprises billions of ...

Researchers from North Carolina State University have successfully synthesized bacteriochlorophyll a, which is a ...

A drill hole in an ancient Martian rock has yielded something more complicated than a simple yes-or-no answer about life.

Hair is a universal feature that defines much of our physical appearance, and its texture, colour, and health can play a key ...

Photosynthetic bacteria helped shape planet Earth. Among them are cyanobacteria that produced the oxygen in the atmosphere ...

Cancer drugs are designed to shut tumors down. But sometimes, in the very act of attacking a tumor, treatment can also help a ...

New research links oxygen sensing to why frog tadpoles regrow limbs while mammals fail to do so. (CREDIT: iStock Photo) Some ...

Researchers have developed a cobalt dual-atom catalyst with dioxygen-bridged cobalt sites embedded in hierarchically porous ...

Genomic analysis reveals squid and cuttlefish evolved in deep oceans, survived mass extinction in refuges, and later rapidly diversified, following a “long fuse” evolutionary pattern.

Researchers have found that Mercury's low-iron, high-sulfur chemistry allows its magma to stay liquid at lower temperatures ...