A hidden freshwater system deep beneath the Great Salt Lake has been revealed using airborne electromagnetic surveys.

For more than a century, condensed matter physics has grappled with one of its greatest unsolved challenges: how to build ...

A microscopic layer of environmental carbon solves a long-standing mystery about static electricity's true origins.

Static electricity may seem simple. Students often learn that rubbing a balloon against their hair will cause negatively ...

From early lab experiments to lithium-powered smartphones and EVs, here’s how batteries evolved into a global necessity ...

The combination lock on a Bromfield School locker takes up to 30 seconds to open. During a four-minute passing period between ...

Scientists have found a way to significantly boost “blue energy,” which generates electricity from the mixing of saltwater and freshwater. By coating nanopores with lipid molecules that create a ...

In a new study, researchers examined how salt and cook time shape pasta’s texture — and what pushes it from al dente to “mushy.” Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of ...

Bits of material levitating against gravity, a stream of water deflected by invisible means, sparks of light appearing out of thin air; with observations like those, it’s a wonder that the early ...

A nanodevice developed at EPFL produces an autonomous, stable current from evaporating saltwater by using heat and light to control the movement of ions and electrons. Previously, researchers in the ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. On social media, people tout the health benefits of ...

As the piles of snow and ice covering the Philadelphia region begin to melt, some of the rock salt used for de-icing can end up in the drinking water supply, and that can be a concern for people on ...