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Astrobiologist Joshua Sebree of the University of Northern Iowa suggests that South Dakota's Wind Cave exhibits chemical ...

Findings about the chemical makeup of cave systems can teach us about life in places humans have yet to reach.

Philip Kurian’s research reveals how biological systems process quantum information—billions of times faster than traditional ...

“Developing a cave science spectral database for fluorescence inventory” In normal light, this cave is beautiful. But in ultraviolet light, it tells a story. The calcite in these formations fluoresces ...

Fluorescent caves deep below America show how alien life could exist on one of Jupiter's moons, say scientists. The chemistry ...

Biofluorescence is widespread in birds-of-paradise, a group of tropical birds famous for their spectacular courtship dances.

Deep below the Earth’s surface, rock and mineral formations lay hidden with a secret brilliance. Under a black light, the chemicals fossilized within shine in brilliant hues of pink, blue and green.

The artworks, part of a new exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art, help shed light on a traditional ...

Biological systems, once thought too chaotic for quantum effects, may be quietly leveraging quantum mechanics to process ...

A study led by scientists from the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has revealed that these birds emit a neon-like glow under ultraviolet (UV) light.