Category: 7. Science

For the first time, scientists have observed…

Researchers have made a significant advance toward the goal of using bacteria – rather than fossil fuels – to produce ethylene, a key chemical in the production of many plastics.

In a new study, scientists identified the enzyme that…

A team surveying Ha Long Bay found a large sea sponge in a shadowed rock tunnel and realized it was new to science. It grows to about 8 inches across, looks like a cluster of short tubes, and carries a pale green tint.

The species has a formal…

Astronomers have produced the first-ever three-dimensional map of a planet outside our solar system — WASP-18b — marking a major leap forward in exoplanet research.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers applied a new technique…

With a maximum lifespan of more than 200 years, the bowhead whale lives longer than any other mammal. But how the 80-tonne beasts survive so long has never been fully explained.

Now scientists have found hints of an answer and are drawing up plans…