Large-capacity rechargeable batteries capable of sustaining repeated charge-discharge cycles are expected to become core technologies for electric vehicles and other elements of an electrified society ...

Lead image: This artist’s conception depicts how the formation of the universe’s first stars may have appeared. Dense clouds of hydrogen and helium likely collapsed inward, increasing pressure and ...

Cyanobacteria, as they still exist today, were the first organisms to carry out photosynthesis and release oxygen. Produced in primeval oceans about 2.5 billion years ago, this oxygen accumulated in ...

The discovery of bright yet stable pigments is vanishingly rare, making them hugely valuable. Now chemist Mas Subramanian is unpicking the atomic code of colour and homing in on our most-wanted hue ...

Actinides are a group of heavy, radioactive elements that include uranium, plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium and californium. Understanding how these elements bond with other atoms (known as ...

A surprising observation has recently highlighted a close relationship between our planet's magnetic field and the oxygen content of its atmosphere. Over more than half a billion years, these ...

Scientists have long debated whether most of Earth's vital liquid was delivered via icy comets or was homemade ...

Ancient enzymes show life’s nitrogen signal stayed unchanged for billions of years, helping scientists read early Earth.

An experiment to quantify the amount of the universe’s lightest element in Earth’s core suggests that the planet’s water has ...

The Element New Orleans Downtown by Marriott will officially open Thursday, Feb. 5. The 216-room extended-stay hotel, located at 221 O’Keefe Ave., represents the first phase of a mixed-use ...

The Element New Orleans Downtown by Marriott is set to check in its first guests on Thursday, bringing 216 extended-stay rooms to the Central Business District and delivering the first live, bookable ...