Molten salt nuclear reactors may generate energy more efficiently than conventional water-cooled reactors while producing ...

Tulane University researchers and the recycling facility Glass Half Full are using evolutionary relationships between ...

Oceanographers Joe Gradone (at left) and Corday Selden will co-lead the Rutgers science team aboard the R/V Falkor (too) as ...

Each week, we bring you a quick and easy experiment you can do at home to explore a concept in science. This week, we look at ...

There’s a quiet thrill the first time a wash of pigment spreads across damp paper, the color blooming like a morning tide.

As the country swelters in yet another heatwave, a group of controversial Government-funded geoengineers are racing to find a ...

Vibrio bacteria, the same group of pathogens responsible for severe wound infections and necrotizing fasciitis, have been ...

Every two years, the best cheesemakers in the world come to Madison, to compete in the intense bout of the World Championship Cheese Contest.

As sea levels rise due to climate change, encroaching seawater will likely make freshwater environments saltier. In a new ...

Salt can become a hot commodity amid a boom in demand for sodium-ion batteries, according to Morgan Stanley. Analyst Jack Lu and his team at the bank predict sodium-ion batteries will account for 20% ...

Host Lloyd Liedtke guides students through hands-on experiments exploring buoyancy, balance and force. Learn why some objects float while others sink, how paddle boats move, and how weight and volume ...

It is not just Wisconsin’s lakes that need protecting — rising levels of salt in water wells could affect those with sodium restrictions. The use of rock salt is reserved for the winter months, but ...