Carbon dioxide (CO₂) pollution drives climate change, warming the planet and threatening human survival. Plants naturally ...

A new electrochemical device holds potential to directly split carbon dioxide (CO2) into carbon and pure oxygen. The team ...

Environmental stress in evolution can be reframed as a powerful engine of innovation, not simply a barrier to survival.

THE deaths of the astronauts brought to a head longstanding differences between advocates of pure-oxygen atmospheres for spacecraft and those who favor a two-gas system. The fire hazard inherent ...

Photo-assisted batteries have emerged as a promising solution, offering the dual benefit of light energy capture and robust ...

Ancient microbes illustrate a particular kind of respiration in which carbon dioxide and hydrogen are combined to form acetic ...

It is widely believed that Earth's atmosphere has been rich in oxygen for about 2.5 billion years due to a relatively rapid increase in microorganisms capable of performing photosynthesis.

Although black hole radiation can be catastrophic in some cases, it may assist life once oxygen has accumulated in the planet ...