For decades, scientists have believed that complex life began when two very different microbes joined forces, eventually giving rise to plants, animals, and fungi. But one major puzzle remained: how ...

Tiny changes at the atomic scale can determine the future of clean energy. In a new study, Tohoku University researchers have revealed how the precise coordination environment surrounding a single ...

Scientists at Oregon State University have engineered a powerful new nanomaterial that zeroes in on cancer cells and destroys them from the inside out. Designed to exploit cancer’s unique ...

Iron is essential to biological function, and iron-based nanomaterials may become valuable tools in the long-term effort to ...

Our single-celled ancestor lived in a world without plants, animals or oxygen-rich oceans. Yet, this seemingly simple microorganism took the first steps toward complex life. From this ancestor emerged ...

Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 16 Episode 16, “Return to the Lake,” revisits the Susan Smith case with new interviews, rare audio, and updates on her parole hearing, airing March 4, 2026 on Oxygen ...

By freezing a crucial phosphoric acid complex to near absolute zero, scientists uncovered a single, unexpectedly stable structure at the heart of proton transport.

A fast-moving blaze ripped through a garage and into a home Friday evening in the Cedar Glen Lakes section of Manchester Township, sending multiple fire companies racing to the scene as oxygen tanks ...

Learn how oxygen’s early rise could have given complex life the energy boost it needed to evolve.

A potential new mineral on Mars forms when iron sulfates are heated above 100°C. Data from Valles Marineris regions suggest ...

A research team from multiple institutions including the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (CAS), Beijing Computational Science Research Center, and Hangzhou Dianzi University ...