New research suggests tiny electrical charges in water droplets could have fueled the chemical reactions that led to life.

Researchers at Indiana University and Wuhan University in China have unveiled a groundbreaking chemical process that could ...

Chemists reveal method for differentiating PCET mechanisms -- a key step for steering fundamental energy conversion and redox catalysis processes.

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

While previous studies say volcanic or atmospheric lightning may have triggered chemical reactions that created organic ...

Iowa State researchers are combining bio-based reactions with electricity-driven reactions as a potential step toward ...

Increasing energy demands and problems associated with burning fossil fuels have heightened interest in more sustainable ...

News is publishing Q&A's with Chief Science Officers. CSOs are students in grades 6-12 who are STEM ambassadors and liaisons ...

Physicists have measured a nuclear reaction that can occur in neutron star collisions, providing direct experimental data for a process that had previously only been theorised. The study provides new ...

Two scientists and an editor spent six months investigating so-called paper mills, which churn out bogus scientific papers ...

The ancient reactions Suess is investigating rely on specialized enzymes with clusters of metal atoms. These could provide ...

Hydrogen peroxide is one of the world's top 100 industrial chemicals with a wide range of applications in the chemical, ...