Some of the thinnest materials known to humankind -- MXene and MBene compounds -- may provide solutions to scientists in their quest to curb the effects of global warming. These substances are only a ...

Scientists have used the James Webb Space Telescope to detect a new carbon compound in space for the first time. The carbon compound is known as methyl cation, or CH3+. It is important because it aids ...

Carbon dioxide is both a planetary threat and a driving force behind life on Earth, according to author Peter Brannen.

Atoms are like Lego bricks: Each little building block combines to make something more complicated — from molecules, to enzymes, to DNA. For the first time, astronomers have detected a crucial step in ...

Generated when biomass, such as crop residues, wood, or other organic matter, is heated to produce clean energy, bio-tar can ...

The striking thing about this is that repeating the procedure on the star turned up no evidence of carbon-based chemicals, ...

June 26 (UPI) --Researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to identify the carbon compound methyl cation in a young star system for the first time. The molecule was discovered using data from a ...

Investigations into the transfer of carbon from plant litter to underlying soil horizons have primarily focused on the leaching of soluble carbon from litter belowground or the mixing of litter ...

U.S. startup Carbon Rivers Inc. offers "wonder material" graphene as a solution to the environmental impacts of vehicle tires. The widely used compound found in tires — 6PPD — causes water pollution ...

Mihri Ozkan, a climate action professor in UCR’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the Bourns College of Engineering. Some of the thinnest materials known to mankind may provide ...