Thanks to upstream diversions and climate change, Utah's Great Salt Lake has shrunk by 70% since 1989, exposing about 800 square miles of playa and mudflats—along with numerous curiosities. While a ...

Thanks to upstream diversions and climate change, Utah's Great Salt Lake has shrunk by 70% since 1989, exposing about 800 ...

Roughly 270 years ago, Dr. Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost from Germany observed a peculiar behavior of water droplets on heated ...

What links the Leidenfrost effect and sustainable energy storage systems? In a study recently published in Small, a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research ...

Penn State scientists create elastic gel-like plastic that conducts electricity using salts and tiny fiber networks for flexible electronics.

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. On social media, people tout the health benefits of ...

When you think of salt water, it's usually in reference to the ocean or spending the day relaxing on the beach. However, TikTok users claim that using the briny wash on your face may also have the ...

As the piles of snow and ice covering the Philadelphia region begin to melt, some of the rock salt used for de-icing can end up in the drinking water supply, and that can be a concern for people on ...

The water coming from your faucet may taste slightly saltier than usual in the coming weeks. WSSC Water — the water utility for Montgomery and Prince George’s counties in Maryland — said salt used on ...

(KWQC) - When snow, sleet, and ice fall, applying salt makes roads and sidewalks safer for drivers and pedestrians. But what happens to all that salt after it washes away? Dr. Sujay Kaushal, a ...

The House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee voted to amend Utah’s conservation requirements Wednesday, allowing water suppliers to include the Great Salt Lake in their ...