A research team has shown that methanogens, micro-organisms ubiquitous in low-oxygen environments like aquifers, soil and even permafrost, can propel their growth by dissolving calcium carbonate, one ...

Calcium and magnesium each offer health benefits, so does taking them together increase their impact on your health? Learn ...

Stanford University chemists have developed a practical, low-cost way to permanently remove atmospheric carbon dioxide, the ...

Stanford researchers developed a scalable method to permanently remove CO2 from the atmosphere using heat-activated minerals.

Thanks to all those childhood lectures about the importance of strong bones and teeth, dairy has been drilled into our heads ...

The technique is pretty straightforward and potentially very cheap, but will need to be scaled up significantly to make a difference.

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...

A new publication by researchers from the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford shows that the ...

Scientists at Stanford University developed carbon capture technique they say is more practical and cost-effective ...

A team of researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed an innovative green pesticide formulation that could make pest control safer and ...

Hard water is the type of water that has high mineral content (in contrast with soft water). Hard water minerals primarily consist of calcium (Ca2+), and ...