While previous studies say volcanic or atmospheric lightning may have triggered chemical reactions that created organic ...

Recent experiments suggest that those sprays of water may have helped jump-start chemical reactions that produced the building blocks of life. According to Stanford University chemist Richard Zare and ...

Chemical water-assisted electrolysis is emerging as a promising solution to address these challenges. This technology ...

In the reaction, the bonds in the methane and oxygen molecule come apart, the atoms rearrange and then re-bond to form water and carbon dioxide. The little number written at the lower right after an ...

Some sugar. A little bit of water. And finally we add the bicarbonate of soda and this is where the magic happens. And you get this chemical reaction and it looks like lava. So we’re gonna leave ...

When yeast was added to hydrogen peroxide, a chemical in the yeast causes a reaction in which the hydrogen peroxide breaks apart to form oxygen gas and water. The oxygen was in the bubbles you saw.

“On early Earth, there were water sprays all over the place, in crevices or against rocks, and they can accumulate and create this chemical reaction,” Dr Zare said. “I think this overcomes many of the ...

How? A new hypothesis suggests that tiny sparks of electricity, leaping between water droplets, could have jump-started the chemical reactions that gave rise to the basic building blocks of life. A ...

Yifan Meng, Yu Xia, Jinheng Xu, Richard N. Zare. Spraying of water microdroplets forms luminescence and causes chemical reactions in surrounding gas. Science Advances , 2025; 11 (11) DOI: 10.1126 ...