The United Nations estimates that 2.2 billion people lack safely managed drinking water, and communities from California to ...

A new study led by Dr. Lin Su of Queen Mary University of London, published today in the Journal of the American Chemical ...

A buzzy de-extinction company is making headlines again, the Smile spacecraft launched on its way to observe Earth's magnetic ...

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Demand for lithium has surged in recent years as lithium-ion batteries increasingly power more of our world. And yet, even as places like the U.S., Europe, and Australia have abundant lithium ...

Cities and other groups around the U.S. are using alternatives to traditional asphalt lots in order to beat the heat and curb ...

An Irish teenager's innovative project made invisible microplastic pollution visible. Fionn Ferreira used magnetic liquids to ...

While global warming is still a threat, the decision to back away from a worst-case outlook raises questions about whether ...

An interdisciplinary student research team at the University of Waterloo has achieved an advance in materials science with the creation of a tissue-like hydrogel for artificial muscles to make soft ...

India’s rural water crisis is also a caste crisis—where women walk for water, Dalits are pushed back in queues, and big dam ...

Although it can be hard to tell from looking at the often placid waters of the Earth’s oceans, their currents carry immense ...