In just the last four years, tuning non-fullerene acceptors chemistry has boosted organic photovoltaic technology from initially converting only one percent of sunlight into electricity to 18 percent conversion in recent experiments

A recent study is the first to look at where chemicals in plastic end up after being broken down in a natural system—a yellow mealworm's gut, in this case

Computer algorithms disassemble prey capture behavior of zebrafish into its components

Since rice is so important to feeding a large portion of the world's population, the identification of genes that enhance grain yield and composition is much desired

New research from Chalmers University of Technology and Umeå University, both in Sweden, show that the choice of preparation method influences the health effects of coffee

Although coastal wetlands cover only about two percent of the ocean surface, they are estimated to sequester more than 50 percent of the carbon captured by the ocean per year

Recent research examined more than 49,000 manuscript and 76,000 peer review online submissions to The BMJ and The BMJ Open, measuring whether the submissions were made on weekends, national holidays, or late at night

Using dim, cooler lights in the evening and bright warmer lights in the day may be more beneficial to our health

These new gene-edited tomato plants look nothing like the long vines you might find growing in a backyard garden or in agricultural fields

Within the last 10 years, there has been extensive research on "photoredox catalysts" that can be activated by visible light and enable highly specific and efficient chemical reactions

Misleading messages about cannabis are pervasive on Twitter

The image may sound like an alien winter wonderland, but the scientists who led the research said it is akin to how rocks form inside volcanoes