We may be starting to get a grasp on what kick-started life on Earth – and it could help us search for it on other planets ...

On the other hand, a nuclear battery uses the radioactive nature of isotopes to generate electricity. Since the half-life of ...

Turning plant waste into biochar captures loads of carbon. New research suggests it stays trapped for much longer than ...

Many biological molecules are chiral, meaning they exist in two forms that are mirror images of each other, like left and ...

Where would carbon-based life be without carbon? There are 118 known chemical elements, but carbon is the fourth most abundant and perhaps the most important to human life. Everywhere you look ...

Forest carbon sinks, or green carbon, refers to carbon dioxide transferred from the atmosphere and stored in timber, roots or ...

The New Jersey Poison Control Center in January assisted in the medical care of a family of four exposed to dangerous carbon ...