Where would carbon-based life be without carbon? There are 118 known chemical elements, but carbon is the fourth most abundant and perhaps the most important to human life. Everywhere you look, ...

Imagine the concrete in our homes and bridges not only withstanding the ravages of time and natural disasters like the ...

The natural process of rock weathering could be emitting as much carbon dioxide (CO 2) into the air as the world’s volcanoes.A study published October 4 in the journal Nature finds that natural ...

DANIEL ESTRIN, HOST: Sucking carbon dioxide out of the sky is moving from science fiction to reality. For years, this was seen as a long shot sort of thing, too hard and too expensive.

New carbon capture technology can generate a continuous, high-purity carbon dioxide stream from diluted, or low-concentration, gas streams using only electricity and a water-and-oxygen-based reaction.

Researchers have developed a new AI model that can simulate the behavior of billions of atoms simultaneously, opening up new ...