If you're a backpacker you need a reliable yet lightweight method for purifying and filtering water in the wild. Most commercial methods are either bulky and heavy or need supplies such as salt and/or ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — We have two holidays to celebrate this week - Saint Patrick’s Day and the start of spring. Today’s experiment ties in both of those holidays. The experiment, sometimes called "walking ...

Researchers have developed a new technique that can split water in near-zero gravity to produce oxygen and hydrogen in a process powered by light. The method, which is described in a paper published ...

Nothing happens to the gravity. It just keeps pulling. The darn bottom of the bucket just got in the way. Throughout the process of filling your bucket, gravity doesn’t change. The same gravitational ...