Scientists have developed a technology that may help humans survive on the moon. In a study published in the journal Joule, researchers extracted water from lunar soil and used it to convert carbon ...

Potatoes are no longer just underground crops! At a Haryana institute, scientists are growing potatoes in mid-air using ...

Plastic that behaves like a sturdy fork on your picnic table and then quietly melts back into the soil sounds like science fiction, yet chemists are now doing something close by turning ordinary milk ...

Worrying new research has been highlighted by Phys.org, detailing the profound impact that microplastics have on soil and the crops that grow in contaminated areas. The study, originally published in ...

Scientists have found that microplastics in soil weaken the immune systems of earthworms, which could affect their ability to destroy harmful pathogens and negatively impact soil microbes. South ...

Impacts of biological amendments, including waste-derived amendments that underpin soil health and agricultural ...

Harvard researchers argue California should lower its cleanup goal for lead in soil from 80 milligrams per kilogram to 55 mg/kg. The scientists contend the state’s number is based on outdated science.

Flooding caused by frozen soil on the Palouse in February was one of the largest events in 30 years, Pacific Northwest soil scientists say. Historically high stream flows across the Palouse at that ...

On an early spring morning in central Wisconsin, the hills were still and serene under a frosty grey sky. Then the fight songs began. More than 200 students from 27 colleges and universities across ...

Sindhu Jagadamma, associate professor of soil science at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, has received the Women in Science Mentoring Award, given by the American Society of ...