Phosphate is a key element in many processes in the body and essential for global food production.

A new NASA study shows that warming of the tropical oceans due to climate change could lead to a substantial increase in the frequency of extreme rain storms by the end of the century.

Hydrogen, the second-tiniest of all atoms, can penetrate right into the crystal structure of a solid metal.

Say what you will about the emerald ash borer and the damage it has wreaked during two decades of munching millions of North American ash trees, you have to admire its cold-weather tenacity.

Earth’s northern magnetic pole is moving quickly away from the Canadian Arctic toward Siberia.

As the solar industry has grown, so have some of its inefficiencies.

Although it has been ranked as the cutest creature in US National Parks, the American pika is tough, at home in loose alpine rocks in windswept mountain regions. 

Kidney stones are a common and painful condition, with many sufferers experiencing recurrent episodes. 

A field trip to Namibia to study volcanic rocks led to an unexpected discovery by West Virginia University geologists Graham Andrews and Sarah Brown.

Researchers have pioneered a new method which allows them to rapidly recruit disease resistance genes from wild plants and transfer them into domestic crops.