Scientists have long sought to understand the exact mechanism behind water splitting by carbon nitride catalysts. For the ...

Nylon, the durable and elastic material, is like other plastics made from chemicals found in fossil fuels. Biodegradable ...

Scientists have developed an artificial photosynthesis technology that produces precursors of biodegradable nylon from biomass-derived compounds and ammonia.

China's achievement is valuable for long-term space exploration, enabling self-sufficiency and enabling missions like a ...

China Manned Space Engineering Office. When humans dream of venturing farther into the cosmos, one question looms: how do we ...

An experiment in the Daintree rainforest found the rate of photosynthesis in leaves warmed by 4°C dropped by an average of 35 ...

The stunning estimate offers hope that natural ecosystems in pan-tropical forests could help humans control global warming.

And then there were two. The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff field has been whittled down to two as Ohio State gets set to take on Notre Dame in the CFP National Championship Game at 7: ...

Proving skeptics wrong, he shared a Nobel Prize in 2013 for using computers to better understand chemical reactions and ...

There was a whiff of oxygen in the air after ancient microbes floating in the ocean evolved the ability to carry out photosynthesis, however. After nibbling on sunlight, they gave off oxygen.