A team of scientists have elucidated an ancient mechanism of cellular respiration. To that end, they studied bacteria that feed on the gases carbon dioxide and hydrogen, and turn them into acetic acid ...

Physicists have measured a nuclear reaction that can occur in neutron star collisions, providing direct experimental data for ...

Physicists at Washington University have forged ahead in the field of quantum mechanics by creating a new phase of matter ...

Scientists have unlocked a new way to control ionization, the process where atoms lose electrons, using specially designed ...

Dark matter could be an entire dark sector of the universe, with its own particles and forces H ave you ever stood by the sea and been overwhelmed by its vastness, by how quickly it could roll in and ...

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Since it was first synthesized in a post-WW2 American lab in 1949, berkelium has been a rebel of the periodic table, defying ...