The paper, which will be published on Nov. 22, marks an advance in efforts to create sustainable biofuels.Olefins comprise a small percentage of the molecules in...
It sounds like modern-day alchemy: Transforming sugar into hydrocarbons found in gasoline.
An exhausted star still has some punches to deliver. Astronomers have found that a white dwarf is pummeling a companion object—either...
The unique brainpower of octopuses—known for their intelligence and Houdini-like escapes—has been revealed by University of Queensland...
An international team of astronomers reports the detection of a black hole in a globular cluster known as NGC 1850. The newly...
Terraforming Mars is one of the great dreams of humanity. Mars has a lot going for it. Its day is about the same length as Earth's,...
The science is clear: fossil fuels are harmful to the environment. So why is it so difficult for us to stop using them? Economic...
After studying the effectiveness of varying layers of masks in stopping respiratory droplets from escaping face masks, a team...
Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Biological Sciences Laurence J. Zwiebel is part of a team of researchers at Vanderbilt and...
Even after 30 months in space, The Planetary Society's LightSail 2 mission continues to successfully "sail on sunbeams," demonstrating...