I love dairy. Ice cream is my favorite dessert, I start most days with cottage cheese, and I’ve sampled countless cheeses in the name of journalism. But I also happily taste test dairy-free ...

In recent decades, marine pollution has reached worrying levels, and waste management in ports, especially in some areas of ...

Discover the hidden ways air and water degrade lubricants and cause unexpected failures in manufacturing operations.

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Once emulsified, the solution is ready to be applied to anthills in the yard. The reason that citrus oil, and this orange oil and water emulsion in particular, is so effective comes down to one of its ...

MIT’s new membrane could slash 90 percent of energy use in crude oil refining, reshaping one of the world’s most polluting processes.

Engineers developed a membrane that filters the components of crude oil by their molecular size, an advance that could dramatically reduce the amount of energy needed for crude oil fractionation.

The Deepwater Horizon disaster on April 20, 2010, was the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, releasing an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over nearly three ...

I have dry, sensitive skin, and I hate the feeling of moisturizer. Thankfully, this shower oil keeps my skin hydrated all year round.

This research uses simple and available natural materials for the synthesis of new polymers and the construction of strong super-hydrophobic filters for the separation of water and oil by examining ...