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After a year of fastidious planning, a microscopic sample of the ultra-rare radioactive element berkelium arrived at a ...

Supercritical water, a mysterious state where water behaves like both a liquid and gas, has long puzzled scientists.

Scientists at Goethe University uncover how the oldest enzyme in cellular respiration functions – opening the door to ...

Astronomers discovered oxygen in the most distant known galaxy. This changes what we thought about how fast galaxies formed.

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Scientists using two enormous telescopes — one on Earth and the other in space — have detected oxygen in the most ancient ...