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.

Venus has long been assumed to be uninhabitable: its thick carbon dioxide atmosphere is swirling with yellow clouds of strong sulfuric acid, and its surface is something out of a nightmare ...

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 ...

The Danakil Depression in northwest Ethiopia has the sulfuric acid-richest environments on Earth. One of the big questions in astrobiology is whether life can use solvents other than water to ...

The acid can be harmful if a large concentration is inhaled. Champagne said winds of about 5 to 6 mph at the time of the spill had helped to dilute the concentration of the acid in the air.

Concentrated sulfuric acid is “extremely corrosive and can cause serious burns when not handled properly,” according to MSDS Online, a website that specializes in providing hazardous material ...

A full day after more than 13,000 gallons of sulfuric acid spilled into the rail tunnel under the St. Clair River, crews were wrapping up efforts this morning to remove the CN Rail cars that had ...

We wonder why a litre of concentrated acid is sold cheaper than eyeliner #EndAcidSale A photo posted by Make Love Not Scars (@makelovenotscars) on Jan 25, 2016 at 10:11am PST ...

Concentrated sulfuric acid doesn't break down most of the amino acids our bodies use, but it does cause small changes in their "side chains," strings of atoms that stick out from the molecule like ...