A watched pot never boils, goes the old saying, but many of us have at least kept an eye on the pot, waiting for the bubbling to start. It's satisfying to finally see the rolling boil, behind which ...

Glitter is festive and fun – a favourite for decorations, makeup and art projects. But while it may look harmless, beautiful ...

Exciting new devices and materials powered by tiny nanomaterials are being developed to clean up South Africa’s polluted ...

During laboratory and field tests, the released particles were demonstrated to maneuver and harvest microplastics for up to ...

A Bumpers College team designed an experiment by lining four artificial streams with various streambed materials, growing algae on the bed's surface and measuring microplastic retention.

High-speed image analysis using a pulsed light source with illumination times of less than 1 nanosecond cause the particles to be ... Applying dosing and dispersing units of modular design for ...

'I’ve seen it with my own eyes. It’s occurring.' A controversial “weather modification” bill underwent intense pushback by members of the House State Affairs Committee, but lawmakers still ...

Laboratory for Building Energy Materials and Components, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Empa, Dübendorf, Zürich 8600, Switzerland ...

As waves break on the coastline, saltwater is sprayed into the air as particles. When those salt and water particles settle on metal surfaces, they can cause corrosion, which is why it’s common ...

because it can start to “get a bit dangerous with hot water” if it’s poured from too high up. The researchers first did tests using silica gel particles (to mimic the coffee grounds), a ...

Public health physician Vicky Sheppeard said symptoms can develop up to 10 days after exposure to the bacteria, often caused by contaminated water particles in cooling systems entering the air and ...