Deep beneath the French countryside, a set of faint engravings on a cave floor is forcing archaeologists to rethink when humans first began to picture their world in three dimensions. Specialists now ...

In the grand calculus of athletic endeavor, the 100-meter sprint occupies a position of terrifying simplicity. Unlike the ...

Microplastics in rivers, lakes, and oceans aren’t just drifting debris—they’re constantly leaking invisible clouds of ...

Materials scientists at Rice University and collaborators have developed a material that uses light to break down a range of pollutants in water, including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS ...

A research team led by Professor Jiang Changlong at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ...

Sunlight makes microplastics leak hidden chemicals into water, creating pollution that spreads far beyond plastic pieces.

New research shows Karnak Temple was built on a rare island of high ground formed as Nile river channels shifted thousands of ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — The City of Beaumont will mail required water service line notifications to more than 38,000 customers this month as part of a citywide effort to identify lead and other older pipe ...

In polarization analysis, the real structure of a retarder sample may consist of multiple layers or a continuous, nonlayered structure (left). Conventional approaches typically model the sample as a ...

Materials informatics sits at the intersection of experimental science, computation, and data analytics. The aim is simple: use data and models to make discovering, designing, and deploying new ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. — First responders in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties rescued hundreds of people from flooded homes in Milton's wake. In Clearwater, a large-scale rescue was staged at The Standard ...