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What is matter? It’s not as basic as you’d think.
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAn atom consists of protons, neutrons, electors, and a nucleus. But matter consists of a whole lot more. A little less than one-third of the...
The bedrock of life: What makes carbon so special and how it can inform our search for alien life
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 months agoCarbon Earth Planet Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images When scientists search for...
Nine elements on periodic table have been discovered using Oak Ridge National Lab isotopes
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 2 months agoCarolyn Krause presents the second part of the three-part series on the Oak Ridge National...
Mars meteorite that crashed to Earth contains 'huge diversity' of organic compounds
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA new study into the Tissint meteorite, which crash-landed in Morocco in 2011, revealed a wide array...
The discovery of tennessine and the prospect of creating heavier elements
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 1 month agoCarolyn Krause presents Jim Roberto’s story about how element 117 named tennessine was discovered...
The rise of green hydrogen in Latin America
Knowable en Español via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFranklin Chang-Díaz gets into his car, turns on the radio and hears the news about another increase in the price of gasoline. But he sets off knowing...
Many drugs have mirror image chemical structures – while one may be helpful, the other may be...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDrugs can convert between different isomers in the body, leading to unexpected effects. Dmitrii...
Is LK-99 a Superconductor After All? New Research and Updated Patent Say So
Tom's Hardware via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoLevitating Substance (not LK-99) Earlier this month, the science community was abuzz with news of a...
Oxygen detected in Venus' hellish atmosphere
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 months agoHemispheric view of Venus. Venus' atmosphere is notoriously hellish. Its air is corrosive and hot enough to melt lead. Its billowing clouds are poisonous...
Gardening for You: Gardens love the nitrogen delivered in snow
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWest Texans love it when it snows. Gardeners especially. Snowflakes are frozen water that encase...