The discovery of erythrulose suggests that complex sugars can form on icy dust grains long before planets emerge ...

The Environmental Protection Agency on June 30 approved three new pesticides that under certain definitions — (but not the ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved several new chemical pesticides last week which the Center for Biological ...

The Trump administration has approved three new pesticides that may be considered “forever chemicals” under an international ...

Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story EPA approves fluorocarbon pesticides The Trump administration has ...

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...

An international team led by researchers at University of California San Diego and University of California, Riverside has developed a free, web-based platform designed to make public metabolomics ...

Scientists think they are looking at chemical building blocks of life preserved for 3.5bn years Nasa’s Curiosity rover has detected organic molecules on Mars, including chemicals widely considered ...

I watch Rufus, a friend’s dog, chew enthusiastically on a rubber bone. I know the dog is alive, and his toy is not. I know that intuitively. But can I prove it scientifically? Can science parse the ...

We all struggle with self-control sometimes. We tell ourselves only one more piece of chocolate, one more glass of wine, one more episode of a binge-worthy series before bed, but then carry on ...

“Dancing molecules,” the promising new treatment for acute spinal cord injuries developed at Northwestern University, has received Orphan Drug Designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA ...