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Forget giant factories! A new portable device could allow farmers to produce ammonia right in the field, reducing costs, and emissions.
Astronauts aboard the ISS are brewing more than just discoveries — they’re testing how sake ferments in space.
Known as Cueva de los Cristales (Cave of Crystals), this hidden chamber in Mexico holds some of the largest natural crystals ever discovered. The translucent pillars, some as long as telephone poles and as wide as tree trunks, make for an eerie underground landscape, seemingly crafted by giants. But there’s no magic involved, just some […]
When man piss in wind, wind piss back, a modern Confucius states. In this line, the city of Hamburg ingeniously sought to address its growing public urination problem in the city's busy party center by painting walls with hydrophobic paint. Next time an unsuspecting person wants to take a load off in Hamburg's St. Pauli neighborhood, he might be in for a surprise - it'll splash back at him.
Meet "Hotta Notta" and "Mild Things," the heat-free habaneros you've been seeking for decades.
“It spreads like a skin cream and grips like sandpaper,” says
Nothing is more precious than our planet, and we must cool it fast. Scientists say this can be done by decorating the sky with diamonds.
This lab-made silk fiber can lift objects 80 times its weight.
Nuclear batteries offer a lifespan that lithium batteries can't match. But don't expect them powering consumer devices anytime soon.
Many chemical reactions are surprising, but this one is something else.
In effect, these were the smallest bubbles ever seen — and they made sure to record it.
Beer is already undergoing big changes in the world. But we're only scratching the surface of what can be done.
Researchers want to take cheese making to the next level — and they've got the biotech for it.
Never judge a book by its cover because the cover might be poisonous.
The differences between the species are huge.
Most hydrogen is not green, but this one is. Plus, it can be produced on a moving vessel.
Massive breakthrough in chemistry may lead to creating the coveted element 120.
Printed circuit boards made of a new type of plastic called vitrimer may solve our toxic e-waste problem to a great extent.
Scientists still aren't sure what to make of the substances found in the remnants of Tycho Brahe's demolished alchemy lab.
It's a win-win situation good for your skin and for corals.
Respiratory diseases are on the rise among industrial workers, and regular masks just don't cut it.
The paper products emit nearly 80% less CO2 and use 15 less water than traditional paper.
Perhaps we may learn a thing or two from these people.
Scientists found that adding natural-occurring antioxidants dramatically reduces ice cream melting and dripping.
New study reveals how an antibiotic can trap pathogenic bacteria like velcro.
Did you know tattooed people have a 21 percent higher chance of developing lymphoma?
This chemical element has been one of the most difficult to study due to its high radioactivity and instability.
It takes over a billion years of high pressure cooking deep inside the Earth's mantle to make diamonds. But this synthetic variety took just a quarter of an hour to make.
Cement and clay bricks could be replaced with olivine-based alternatives.
We'll need many more such Mammoths if we're serious about climate change.
By combining traditional battery and supercapacitor tech, researchers have developed a super 'Frankenstein' battery that combines the best of both worlds.
The new material could revolutionize catalysis and more.
Scientists discovered an enzyme in cyanobacteria that forms a Sierpiński triangle, revealing nature's first known molecular fractal.
We've never seen something like this before.
Belgian scientists use AI to predict and improve beer flavors.
It's an electric twist to material bonding. Plus, it's completely reversible at the push of a button.
This may have been the Bronze Age, but craftsmen in Spain somehow got their hands on meteorite iron.
This luxurious Bronze Age lipstick tube has a unique design, and It was also possibly one of the earliest branded lipsticks.
Researchers found that the bacteria not only consume the plastic but also transform it into something extraordinary.
Benjamin List's groundbreaking research defied the field and created sustainable, safer catalysts.
DeepMind's AI GNoME has predicted 2.2 million new crystal structures, vastly expanding potential materials for advanced technology development.
First described by alchemists, the puzzle of why fulminating gold detonates in purple smoke has finally been solved.
Researchers develop sustainable, flame-retardant plastics using atmospheric nitrogen instead of fossil fuels.
Adding a pinch of three types of bacteria to lunar soil could significantly increase its fertility. Here is the proof.
Apparently, it tastes 'very salty and bitter'.
Desalination systems often incur losses because of salt-clogging. Here is a device that can make desalination more efficient than ever.
Using data sonification, a creative scientist has created haunting melodies from the elements.
Researchers have an idea how to make taffy taste better.
Particles in a shared quantum state can catalyze faster and produce more controlled chemical reactions.
Could a simple chemical, glyoxylate, have paved the way for the evolution of early life on Earth?
