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

Idaho National Laboratory is preparing to build and operate its first new nuclear reactors in roughly 50 years, ending a construction drought at the Department of Energy site that stretches back to ...

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 ...

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 ...

BUSHWICK, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Con Edison is still trying to restore electricity to customers in Brooklyn after a mixture of snow and salt seeped underground and knocked out power to hundreds in ...

It was a year into the Covid pandemic, on a corner of downtown Syracuse once described as an open-air drug market. Everyone wore masks. But the atmosphere was festive. It was Jan. 29, 2021. That was ...

Every one of us has encountered white stains on winter shoes at least once in our lives. Every year, road maintenance service actively spread technical salt on sidewalks and roadways to reduce ...