Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

Every living thing on Earth appears to carry a hidden shimmer, a vanishingly faint light that is woven into the chemistry of life itself. That glow is so weak that our eyes will never see it unaided, ...

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Scientists cultivating partnerships of fungi and algae believe their invention has far-out implications for how we create the ...

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MXenes (pronounced like the name "Maxine") are a class of two-dimensional materials, first identified just 14 years ago, with ...

(THE CONVERSATION) From beginning to end, 2025 was a year of devastation for scientists in the United States.

In early 2025, Google launched Gemini 2.0, an AI co-scientist designed to act as a virtual collaborator for biomedical ...