GREENVILLE, S.C. — On one end of the classroom, high school juniors examined little green sprouts — future baby carrots, sprigs of romaine lettuce — poking out of the soil of a drip irrigation system ...

Rising day and night temperatures are threatening rice, wheat, and maize production by disrupting plant growth, grain filling, and grain quality, putting global food security at risk. Precision ...

This video shows a controlled chemistry safety demonstration involving a strong oxidizer and automotive fluid. The point isn’t to replicate it - this combination can ignite and cause serious injury or ...

To store heat for days, weeks, or months, you need to trap the energy in the bonds of a molecule that can later release heat on demand. The approach to this particular chemistry problem is called ...

It's long been understood that working outside in hot weather can be dangerous: Even ancient Egyptians worried about dehydration for workers building the pyramids. Now, a growing body of research is ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Observations and other notes of interest from Saturday night’s 147-116 victory over the Utah Jazz: – Two weeks ago the Heat went into Indiana had the gall to discount their opposition ...

A nuclear engineer reacts to a wild thought experiment from xkcd, examining whether a nuclear-powered submarine could realistically function as a spaceship. This video breaks down reactor design, ...

With at least 41 games in the books for every NBA team, let's take stock of what we've learned from the first half of a 2025-26 campaign already full of surprise contenders, historic performances and ...

By using controlled microwave noise, researchers created a quantum refrigerator capable of operating as a cooler, heat engine, or amplifier. This approach offers a new way to manage heat directly ...

The EAGLES Consortium and French developer newcleo have signed a collaboration agreement to develop ...

A recent study showed that Mars was warm and wet billions of years ago. The finding contrasts with another theory that this era was mainly cold and icy. The result has implications for the idea that ...