Scientists are exploring light-activated nanoparticles to kill biofilms in stored drinking water, aiming to make household ...

When it’s new, the battery in your phone or electric car works just fine. It charges, discharges, and recharges with smooth ...

Heavy rain feels like a gift to the garden, soaking everything in a deep, refreshing drink that seems to promise lush growth and happy plants. But right after the storm passes, one small mistake can ...

This weekend marks the 250th anniversary of the United States and family gatherings, vacations, and fishing with family and friends will be a large part of the celebration. July 4 is a license-free ...

Energy storage usually brings to mind batteries, capacitors, tanks of hydrogen, or maybe some giant gravity system hauling ...

NASA unveiled four patriotic-colored images of the cosmos to celebrate America's 250th birthday, revealing everything from an ...

Researchers at The University of Manchester and Hebei University of Technology have identified how a new class of catalyst can break down lignin into useful chemical building blocks, offering a more ...

Lignin is a key structural component of plants, the largest renewable source of aromatic chemicals in nature, and is present ...

Gold may stay shiny because some of its surface atoms reorganize into structures that block oxygen reactions. Gold has been valued for millennia because it keeps its shine, but new research from ...