Chemists discover a mechanism for peptide-forming reactions to occur in water, which leads to proteins and so to life on Earth. It could also lead…
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PFAS are a large, complex category of manufactured chemicals that are found in many commonplace products. A new method beheads PFAS, causing it to break…
Lake Powell on August 6, 2022, compared with August 16, 2017. The second largest reservoir in the United States now stands at its lowest level…
An artist illustration of the InSight lander on Mars. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is designed to give…
Illustration of Lunar IceCube in orbit investigating lunar ice. Credit: Morehead State University Lunar IceCube, NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)…
You’ve probably heard that you should drink eight glasses of water every day — that’s about half a gallon (2 liters) of fluid. This claim…
A freshwater lake in Norway, one of 29 European lakes that were part of the study. Credit: Samuel Woodman Scientists discovered that some naturally-occurring lake…
The Three Gorges Dam dramatically reduced the amount of sediment transported by the Yangtze River in China after its completion in 2003. The top image…
Low-mass planets with a primordial atmosphere of hydrogen and helium might have the temperatures and pressures that allow water in the liquid phase. The presence…
In this image, A control group of yeast cells (top row) is compared to yeast cells after they have accumulated lead from contaminated water (bottom…
Plastic fragments were found in drinking water at all 11 locations investigated in Lagos Island, Nigeria. A new study investigates whether microplastics are pervasive in…
Artist’s illustration of China’s Chang’e 5 moon sample-return spacecraft. Credit: CNSA/NASA China’s first lunar sample-return mission, Chang’e 5, is the fifth lunar exploration mission of…
A new study, published in Science on May 12th, 2022, found a new method to purify water that is 2400 times faster than even experimental…
Researchers recently confirmed that the world’s lakes are rapidly losing oxygen. What does it mean for water quality that oxygen is declining globally? Scientists have…
Researchers have developed a low-cost gel film that can pull water from the air in even dry climates like the desert. More than a third…
The moon’s Orientale Basin as seen by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: NASA GSFC Billions of years ago, a series of volcanic eruptions raged on…
The atmosphere contains an estimated 13,000 km3 of water vapor, some of which can be captured through cloud seeding and the collection of water from…
The white ‘bathtub ring’ around Lake Mead is roughly 160 feet high currently and reflects falling water levels. Journalists reporting on the status and future…
Lead author Chloe Gustafson and mountaineer Meghan Seifert install geophysical instruments to measure groundwater below West Antarctica’s Whillans Ice Stream. Credit: Kerry Key/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory…
The user-friendly unit, which weighs less than 10 kilograms and does not require the use of filters, can be powered by a small, portable solar…