When you learned about the center of the Earth in school, you were probably shown a diagram that looked like a perfect layer ...

A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells ...

NASA has selected two Earth science missions for development, one focused on studying the atmosphere and the other on terrestrial ecosystems and ice.

Deep inside Earth, two massive hot rock structures have been quietly shaping the planet’s magnetic field for millions of ...

With plans for 25 international hubs, the Earth BioGenome Project is poised to increase global genomics capacity and deliver high-quality reference genomes, argues Dr Paul Flicek, The Jackson ...

Through a combination of high-pressure experiments and optical spectroscopy, physicists have revealed new insights into the ...

A Sydney Ph.D. student has recreated a tiny piece of the universe inside a bottle in her laboratory, producing cosmic dust ...