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The study also found that only 41% of wells sampled used water treatment systems. Numerous residential wells need improved drinking water treatment and monitoring, according…
Tardigrades, also known as water bears, evolved over 500 million years ago. Researchers improve their understanding of the toughness of tardigrades. Researchers at the University…
The researchers created new more efficient membranes for water desalination. Novel membranes can remove salt from water. A team led by King Abdullah University of…
A new study finds that when it comes to water quality in mountain watersheds, beaver dams can have a far greater influence than climate-driven, seasonal…
The scientists created a new, high-resolution model of global water quality that may help to fill in the gaps in water quality knowledge. Sustainable Development…
The buried lake of Mars could just be layers of ice and rock. Astronomers explain Mars’ watery reflections. Bright reflections under MarsMars is the second…
The Great Salt Lake is getting saltier, creating a serious threat to the ecosystems and the economies that depend on it. New research from Wayne…
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…
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…