A particular cornerstone of prebiotic chemistry is hydrogen cyanide, which, under the right conditions, forms compounds that ...

Titan’s harsh chemistry breaks basic rules, offering new clues about how life’s building blocks might form in space.

For decades, chemistry students have learned a simple truth: polar and nonpolar substances don’t mix. Water and oil stay ...

Recent research challenges a basic principle of chemistry—that polar and nonpolar substances cannot spontaneously mix—by ...

The polar vortex is a large region of low pressure and cold air that has always existed around Earth's poles. While the polar vortex is weakening for the season, it does not directly cause winter ...

With the bitter cold of winter descending upon the U.S., one may question what is responsible for this upcoming period of below-average temperatures. In short, the answer is the polar vortex. But what ...

The polar vortex can't be felt in the United States or anywhere on Earth. Brutally cold temperatures are heading to the Midwest and Northeast this week -- but don't mistake this for a polar vortex ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Frigid air that normally stays trapped in the Arctic has escaped, plunging deep into central Ohio and much of the northern 2/3 of the United States and bringing teeth-chattering but ...

Much of the country will be hit with extreme low temperatures over the next week as a polar vortex sends cold air down from the North Pole. Real feel temperatures throughout the northeast, including ...

With the winter on the horizon and the onset of colder temperatures drawing near, U.S. residents may question just how chilly it could become in the states this season. One factor that plays a role in ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A polar vortex has the potential to bring extremely cold temperatures to much of the lower 48 states. It is “a large area of low pressure and cold air surrounding both of Earth’s poles ...