Plastics are durable and strong, which is great while they’re being used but frustrating when they end up in the environment.

Martian lake beds and deltas reveal the Red Planet’s watery past. But many puzzles remain, scientist Bruce Jakosky says.

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A new study provides fresh insight into traditional acid-base chemistry by revealing that the mutual neutralization of ...

When thinking about the Arctic, images of snow, ice—maybe even a polar bear—likely come to mind. Located at the northernmost ...

Asteroid Bennu, a 4.5-billion-year-old space rock, may hold clues to Earth's origins. With traces of water, amino acids, and ...

NASA launched a new telescope into space this week to study the origins of the universe and search for hidden water in the ...

When we freeze, thaw, and refreeze our food, microscopic glaciers and rivers can completely reshape the terrain of taste, texture, aroma, and appearance. How many times a food can be refrozen—without ...

Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, PR China Hunan Provincial Key ...

Scientists have discovered plastic ice VII, the fourth stage of water found under extreme conditions. Created by applying high pressure and temperature, this unique phase of water may exist on ...

Splitting water molecules takes more energy than calculations suggest, and is a key roadblock to cheap hydrogen fuel production. Now, scientists have discovered why.