Lynette Abbott examines how the rhizosphere, a narrow collar of soil clinging to plant roots, is emerging as a key player in ...

What happens as a raindrop impacts bare soil has been fairly well-studied, but what happens to raindrops afterward is poorly ...

By analyzing just a few grains of returned samples from the Apollo missions, researchers gained important insights into the evolution of the lunar surface shaped by solar wind and micrometeoroid ...

A new study published in Biochar reveals that biochar, a carbon rich soil amendment widely used to improve soil health and reduce pollution, continues to influence the movement of veterinary ...

The tiny particles are widespread in waterbirds around the world. Now, research is finding them in neighborhood songbirds, ...

Life has a way of bouncing back, even after catastrophic events like forest fires or volcanic eruptions. While nature's ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists are collaborating with researchers at UT San Antonio to study how space weathering can alter the lunar surface materials to help interpret regional and ...

Microplastics were found in Antarctica’s only native insect, highlighting how plastic pollution has spread into remote land ...

An excavator digging a stormwater pond for the Suncoast Parkway 2 extension between County Road 486 and County Road 495 ...

SiliconRepublic.com asked researchers we’ve profiled throughout the year to tell us about their unsung heroes of science.

Holiday moss is turning out to be more than a rustic backdrop for candles and nativity scenes. By trapping fragments of genetic material from animals that pass by or drift overhead, those soft green ...

Humans can detect buried objects without touching them, sensing faint pressure ripples in sand. Scientists are calling this ...