An experiment on board the ISS tested the use of microorganisms to mine asteroids in the microgravity environment.

This experiment explores how early electrical technology can be rebuilt from scratch by creating a rechargeable lead-acid ...

A fungus aboard the ISS extracted palladium from meteorite rock, hinting at future space mining powered by living microbes.

A meteorite chip sat in a small container, bathed in liquid, while the International Space Station floated overhead. Inside, ...

Watch a simple but fascinating chemistry experiment using phenolphthalein and dry ice to demonstrate pH changes in real time.

Can we use fungus to mine precious metals from asteroids?

Inspired by the simple mechanism of a seesaw—when one side goes up, the other side goes down—researchers asked an intriguing ...

According to Space.com and Cornell University, NASA astronauts conducted a microbe-based meteorite mining experiment aboard the International Space Station to study mineral extraction in microgravity.

A research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has introduced a soil amendment called humic acid-modified bentonite (HAMB). This amendment effectively ...

AI-driven autonomous robots are coming to biology laboratories, but researchers insist that human skills remain essential.

A natural amino acid present in saliva reduces the acidity of dental plaque and could stop cavities at their source.

The study, published in Nature Communications, used family studies and genetically engineered mice to understand how gene defects contribute to disease.