Getting clean water to communities in parched areas of the planet remains an ongoing challenge. Recent developments that harvest water from air have been proposed as a solution

“This will give us a better understanding of how life evolved”

Rice University technique could aid agriculture, wastewater, greenhouse gas studies

Method relies on dominance of Pacific Ocean as a global climate force

Team is always on the lookout for abundant and sustainable materials that can be converted into value-added products

Or will these potentially life-saving technologies never make it out of the lab?

Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne have developed an osmotic power generation system that delivers never-before-seen yields

Single-celled phytoplankton play a vital role in marine biogeochemical cycling, in marine food webs, and in the global climate system

Researchers modeled soil carbon sequestration rates for five crops

University of Utah study compares lawn watering recommendations to actual turfgrass water use in Los Angeles

"Without these scavengers dead animals would be scattered around our environment rotting and causing a hygiene hazard,” researcher says

These renewable resources include agricultural, forestry and algal biomass, as well as waste