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Astronomers now understand that water-rich planets can form internally, even close to stars. A new study reveals that ...

We all know the equation – hydrogen plus oxygen equals water. But now scientists have captured molecular-scale video of that famous meeting in action, which could lead to a new way to generate large ...

Palladium, a rare metallic element, can rapidly generate water from hydrogen and oxygen. Researchers witnessed this process at the nanoscale for the first time with an electron microscope. By viewing ...

A groundbreaking study has unveiled a fiery, subterranean process that could explain the abundance of water across the solar ...

A breakthrough from researchers at City University of Hong Kong could make green hydrogen — one of the cleanest energy ...

At Columbia Engineering, chemical engineer Dan Esposito and his team are developing an alternative to Nafion. Their work, ...

An April 7 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows a person purportedly breathing underwater. "This is how i breath (sic) UNDERWATER," reads overlaid text. "Its very EASY. Get a mouth full of ...

Oxygen is abundant on Earth. It's actually the third most plentiful element in the entire universe, behind hydrogen and helium. Yet the further you get from our home planet, the less oxygen there will ...

Hydrogen is already an important source of energy. The $250 billion industry supports fertilizer production, steel manufacturing, oil refining, and dozens of other vital activities. While nearly all ...

Astronomers now understand that water-rich planets can form internally, even close to stars. A new study reveals that ...