Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2022, California built an emergency drought barrier across the West False River near Oakley to protect against saltwater ...

This strange white paste might not look like much, but it might help solve the sand shortage, while making the cement manufacturing process capture carbon dioxide instead of emitting it. Scientists at ...

Conveniently, seawater is an ionic solution. The next problem was that the reaction was much slower in seawater, taking about two hours to produce the amount of hydrogen it took five minutes to make ...

A research team affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a new technology that can convert seawater into clean drinking water using ...

In a recent study, researchers explored the use of seawater as a retting agent for banana pseudo-stems, achieving an efficient extraction of natural fibers while conserving freshwater resources. The ...

A new material made of seawater, carbon dioxide, and electricity could give the construction industry a much-needed climate upgrade. Developed by researchers at Northwestern University, the paste-like ...

Believe it or not, seawater makes an excellent base for fuel. That's because seawater contains a cocktail of elements like hydrogen, oxygen, sodium, and others, all of which are essential for life on ...

Scientists at the Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have been working for years to find out what types of plastics have the shortest and longest lifespans in the ocean, and what types of ...

The biggest problem for hydrogen fuel-cell cars has been where to get a plentiful, affordable supply of hydrogen that doesn't contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. Now scientists may have come up ...

Often referred to as the "Holy Grail" of energy storage, the economical and efficient conversion of water into hydrogen and oxygen with electricity (electrolysis) has been a goal of scientists for ...