For decades, the basics of plant growth have been taught in grade school: Plants make their food out of water from the soil, light from the sun and carbon dioxide from the air in a process called ...

Attosecond pulses enable sub-femtosecond studies of ultrafast electron dynamics. Since 2001, pulse durations have shortened ...

A decades-long effort to plant shrubs and trees around the Taklamakan Desert, China’s largest desert and one of the driest places on Earth, has turned a region long considered a biological void into ...

Over time, cinnabar washed away from rainfall and seeped into the surrounding soil and water. But while a contaminant like ...

In physics, the mesoscale lies between the microscopic and the macroscopic. It is not just the domain of tiny living ...

While exploring ancient seabeds in Morocco, scientists discovered strange wrinkle-like textures in deep-water sediments that shouldn’t have been there. These structures are usually made by ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a recall of approximately 651,148 water bottles due to unspecified ...

A new study shows heat waves increasingly trigger sudden, severe droughts across the world as the planet warms.

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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances are widely distributed, persistent contaminants in water that pose serious risks to environmental and human health. Now, a sunlight-powered and flow-compatible ...

Sarah D. Sparks is a reporter and data journalist for Education Week who covers the teaching profession and pedagogy for Education Week. She has covered education research and the science of learning ...