Some brands of bottled water contain significantly higher levels of microplastics than tap water, according to new research by scientists who have developed a novel method for detecting these tiny ...

The Water Science and Technology Board (WSTB) was established in 1982 to provide a focal point for studies related to water resources at the National Academies. The board's objective is to improve the ...

Watering and fertilizing crops to provide enough food for a changing world is a major challenge in agriculture. Now, scientists at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a “smart soil” that ...

Gerald Kauffman, interim director of the University of Delaware water science and policy graduate program, and Megan Wassil, water science and policy doctoral student, presented "The Water Science and ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Adding fluoride to water is considered one of the great public health ...

NASHUA – Aadi Kulkarni, a senior at Nashua High School South, recently emerged as the New Hampshire winner of this year’s Stockholm Junior Water Prize. Selected for his project, “Economical and Novel ...

A new filtration material might provide a nature-based solution to water contamination by PFAS chemicals. The material, based on natural silk and cellulose, can remove a wide variety of these 'forever ...

The largest office of the U.S. Geological Survey's New England Water Science Center is a modest, single-floor building in Northborough with offices, a warehouse and a lab. It looks like any other ...