We can break that fiber optic cable into thousands of strain sensors,” Hudson said. “So, effectively equivalent to thousands ...

Judging by social media, the answer is solidly “yes.” Influencers want you to know it’s a form of plastic, fashioned from melted crude oil or PET bottles and extruded into threads. That disgust factor ...

The funding will go toward researching geologic hydrogen, a carbon-free energy source buried beneath the state.

The plastics industry is offering schools curricula that cast plastics as safe, recyclable, and a source of good jobs.

Researchers have discovered this troubling consequence of climate change, but they still don't know why it happens.

The new mayor wants to invest in coastal resilience, but he will have to decide which areas of the city to protect.

Roughly 160 people are dead and hundreds more — including dozens of international tourists — are missing after flash floods hit a region on the mountainous border of Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday.

Across the country, the electricity needs of data centers have been a major driver of the widespread resistance to speedy development. The rapid buildouts of data centers have raised concerns that ...