Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

In the quest to take the "forever" out of "forever chemicals," bacteria might be our ally. Most remediation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) involves adsorbing and trapping them, but ...

What would you think if they started talking about magic numbers and how a never-before-seen form of oxygen has made them ...

Specifically, the blue-green algae (or cyanobacteria) that emerged and proliferated about 2.4 billion years ago would have been able to produce more oxygen as a metabolic by-product because Earth's ...

The share prices of SRF Ltd. and Navin Fluorine International Ltd. surged by double digits in early trade on Thursday, on reports that US gas distributors will raise prices for refrigerant gases. This ...