At a certain point in Earth’s distant past, the planet’s assortment of organic molecules and compounds aligned to create the very first living organisms. The identity of these first living things ...

An international research team led by the University of Bayreuth has discovered a metal that combines electrical conductivity with internal polarity. This enables it to exhibit second harmonic ...

Critics slammed attempts by Google, Microsoft and Meta to speed up materials discovery. But behind the hype, there is progress.

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Health Canada’s formal report on silicone bakeware has been released, revealing how siloxane chemicals are released during baking. Find out more.

Cheap, toxic and easily accessible, a ‘new’ street substance known as suck-and-die is fast gaining notoriety among the youth. Marketed in secrecy and ...

To keep your routine effective and safe, here's a list of busted cleaning myths that could leave your clothes sticky, floors damaged, or toilet slowly leaking.

This means that when you buy a compostable bag in India, there's an 85% chance it will end up in a regular garbage dump or landfill where it behaves exactly like a plastic bag -- taking years to break ...

A Japanese green tea powder has become the brew of the moment for the under-40s, challenging coffee. But how long can matcha mania last?

Constance, Gdańsk, Klaipėda, Ejsberg. These are some of the European coastal cities that are undergoing major expansion of their port facilities, in the face of serious environmental damage ...

If and when a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake hits the Portland region, soil liquefaction could dramatically worsen the damage, leading buildings to tilt, roads to buckle and utility lines to ...