A single word appeared 241 times in Enviro Tech’s patent specification. The word was “about.” Not once was it defined. In May ...

The US National Science Foundation is planning to remove hundreds of ocean monitoring instruments from four sites in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Scientists use data from the observational network ...

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NASA-supported scientists have provided new information about how the early Earth may have acquired some elements necessary ...

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Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for ...

On many coastlines around the world, piles of discarded oyster and mussel shells are a common sight — the leftovers of a global seafood industry that produces millions of tonnes of waste each year. At ...

All the world’s discarded phones, bricked laptops, and other trashed electronics are collectively a treasure trove of rare earth elements (REEs). But separating out and recovering these increasingly ...

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At the Berkeley Pit, researchers hope to extract valuable metals to increase U.S. production of rare earths used in electric cars, medical advances and national defense. Ongoing extraction inside the ...

One of the most notable things about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, a federal agency tasked with “improving the health, safety, and well-being of ...