Plastic is everywhere. And many products we use in everyday life can expose people to tiny, micrometer-wide plastic particles ...

The grass’ condition on a golf course, regardless of a player’s skill, can drastically skew the chances of a winning putt.

Transparent wood, made by modifying wood’s natural structure, has been proposed as a sturdy, eco-friendly plastic alternative ...

On the shelves of makeup counters and drugstores sits an array of foundations in various olive, ivory and fair shades. But ...

During a wildfire, residual smoke distributes on the breeze, infiltrating homes, schools and offices. To help people protect ...

Deep below Earth’s surface, rock and mineral formations lay hidden with a secret brilliance. Under a black light, the ...

Rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries typically last hours or days between charging. However, with repeated use, batteries degrade and need to be recharged more frequently. Now, researchers are ...

For more than 30 years, scientists from around the world have flocked to a museum in the Italian Alps to learn from a 5,300-year-old man. He’s known as Ötzi the Iceman, nicknamed for the nearby Ötzal ...

Infinitely useful, water is often taken for granted until it’s either not there or there is too much of it. Droughts, floods or contaminated drinking water make headlines. But for most of us, filling ...