There seems to be too much of a radioactive element in rocks deep in the Pacific Ocean – how did it get there 10 million ...

In a nutshell NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected the first carefully selected Martian soil samples from Jezero Crater, ...

Fluorescent dyes are non-protein molecules that absorb light and re-emit it at a longer wavelength. They are often used in the fluorescent labelling of biomolecules and can be smaller or more ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino ...

Visit the "Fluorescent Mineral Capital of the World" at this mining museum in New Jersey, filled with glow-in-the-dark rocks ...

Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

Rivers began pumping weathered material into the sea about a billion years after Earth formed, suggesting continents may have gotten an early start.

What facts about rocks do you know? Even though rocks and minerals are abundantly available, many people do not take an interest in them, yet there is a lot to learn about them. Moreover, they are one ...

The Mineral Museum at Montana Tech has reopened one of its most popular exhibits, featuring fluorescent minerals ... light to see if they glow. Not all rocks or minerals have the capability.

Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body, stored primarily in the bones and teeth. Bone density continues to build during the first 25 to 30 years of life. It then slowly decreases with age.

Here on Earth, rare-earth minerals are often found as crystals in igneous rock, dissolved in volcanic ... a coating inside fluorescent bulbs and tubes. Different phosphors impart a certain color ...