In a world searching for more sustainable ways to manage waste, the promise of turning "trash into treasure" is hard to ...

Meet the chicken kidney sponge, a true ecosystem engineer that could use its filter-feeding power to clean the degraded ...

A team of scientists has uncovered a naturally occurring microbial process that could change how uranium-contaminated water ...

Scientists have uncovered a powerful genetic switch that helps some of the body’s most important immune cells grow up properly and keep our organs healthy. The switch, called MafB, guides immature ...

Ports rank among the most disturbed marine environments. Pollutants like trash, oil and toxins from antifouling paints tend ...

"We expect this work to provide an important scientific basis for integrated environmental management strategies." ...

By Sarah Morland MEXICO CITY, July 31 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Mexican hotel workers, tractor operators and specialized Navy ...

Sargassum, a smelly, brown seaweed that can cause respiratory irritation and other health problems, hit record levels in the ...

Jacqueline Quinn, inspired by her parents, pursued a career in science and engineering. She developed emulsified zero-valent ...

Here we go again, Idaho. While most Americans have been preoccupied with rising food and fuel prices, an ongoing war in the ...

A 4.2-pound soft exosuit using artificial muscles instead of motors cut walking energy use by nearly 14% in treadmill tests ...

A massive two-alarm fire engulfed the Marine Science Laboratory (MSL) building on the University of South Florida’s (USF) St. Petersburg campus Saturday evening, sending a plume of smoke that ...