Compounds containing iron, cyanide, and carbon monoxide discovered in carbon-rich meteorites by scientists may have helped power life on early Earth. Cyanide and carbon monoxide are both deadly ...

Cyanide and carbon monoxide are both deadly poisons to humans, but compounds containing iron, cyanide, and carbon monoxide discovered in carbon-rich meteorites by a team of scientists at Boise State ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Cyanide has a very deadly reputation, but the chemical compound hydrogen cyanide (one of many possible cyanide compounds) may also be the reason why ...

Cyanide isn't just the last resort for the captured spies of Hollywood film. It's also a crucial component of the early chemistry of life. And now, new research finds that cyanide might have ridden to ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: As any spy thriller will tell you, cyanide is the chemical of choice when someone needs to be dispatched with subtlety and expediency. Because ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University researchers have confirmed the long-held hypothesis that sorghum deters insects from feeding on its leaves by releasing hydrogen cyanide. Mitch Tuinstra and ...

Cyanide is hardly known for its life-friendly attributes—in fact, it’s most often associated with death by poisoning. But a new study by Karen Smith from Boise State University and colleagues suggests ...

Centuries ago it was commonly believed that comets carried disease in their tails. Nowadays we know the only ‘disease’ you can get from a comet is a cold – if you stay out too long at night watching ...