If we're looking for life as we don't know it, the best solvent out there may be concentrated sulfuric acid — the stuff that's floating around in the clouds of Venus.

Previous studies have shown that organic chemistry in concentrated sulfuric acid is possible, and that nucleic acid bases – including adenosine, cytosine, guanine, thymine and uracil which form ...

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MIT researchers have found that amino acids — major building blocks for life on Earth — are stable in highly concentrated sulfuric acid. Their results support the idea that these same ...

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed a method that can reduce the levels of mercury in sulfuric acid by more than 90%—even from low levels.

Researchers found that organic molecules crucial to life are stable in conditions similar to Venus’ sulfuric acid clouds.

A new correlation accurately predicts the flue-gas sulfuric-acid dewpoints to mitigate corrosion problems in process equipments and heat-recovery systems.

A star player for Malaysia’s soccer team is in “critical but stable condition” after an acid attack that left him with fourth-degree burns, officials said late Tuesday.

If we're looking for life as we don't know it, the best solvent out there may be concentrated sulfuric acid — the stuff that's floating around in the clouds of Venus.