Geochemist Alexandra Phillips has sulfur on her mind. The yellow element is a vital macronutrient, and she’s trying to understand how it cycles through the environment. Specifically, she’s curious ...

A study into Lake Superior has revealed a 3 billion-year-old secret about planet Earth. Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and University of Minnesota, Duluth, discovered a ...

In the atmosphere, gaseous sulfuric acid can form particles that influence the physical properties of clouds. Thus, the formation of sulfuric acid in the gas phase directly affects the radiative ...

(Nanowerk News) Current lithium-ion battery technology does not have the energy density necessary to meet the demands for renewable energy. In theory, lithium-sulfur batteries could be a viable ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In the beginning, there were prebiotic compounds that were the ingredients for life but had not yet come together in the right ways. Organic sulfur ...

To find out which molecular tools the sulfate-reducing bacteria use, the researchers analysed the entire set of proteins present, known as the proteome. In total, they looked at the results of 80 ...