Microscopic ocean algae produce a huge share of Earth’s oxygen—but they need iron to do it. New field research shows that ...

Experiments suggest that it might become possible to nourish plants without photosynthesis—a tool that could one day help feed astronauts and a crowded planet. Canola seedlings can take up acetate, a ...

Startling findings in 2024 suggested that metallic nodules on the sea floor produce oxygen and might support life. Now ...

Soybeans have quietly become one of the most strategically important crops on Earth, feeding people and animals while anchoring global trade. Now a cluster of breakthroughs in genetics, photosynthesis ...

Indian researchers have discovered that cholesterol, a waxy molecule, can control electron spin, a property crucial for ...

A global shortage of construction-grade sand is reshaping coastlines, destabilizing ecosystems, and putting activists in the ...

New research explores how microbes could turn Martian soil into building material and support life systems, offering a potential path for constructing human habitats on Mars using local resources ...

Cypress tree forest on the seafloor off Alabama reveals how extreme storms and rising seas transformed the coastline 75,000 ...

Three secondary students in Wexford were selected to take part in a prestigious science programme at a Kildare university, giving them an insight into advanced scientific research.

“Doesn’t it feel otherworldly out here?” says Colleen Durkin from the lower deck of the Rachel Carson as it glides out from the Moss Landing Harbor more than an hour before sunrise. Durkin, the lead ...

Four middle school students from Baker City — and their adult chaperones — spent three days immersed in science at Biosphere ...

Sometimes science can be painfully slow. Data comes in dribs and drabs, truth trickles, and veracity proves viscous. The ...