A new survey of bacteria in bird feces reveals how humans are infecting animals, and how the problem could boomerang back to ...

Hydrogels can capture vapor from the air to water plants. Now scientists have infused them with slow-release fertilizers as well.

Many believe one way to feed the world is to move our crops indoors where they’ll be shielded from the vagaries of weather, pests, and disease. Yet this type of farming requires large amounts of ...

Chemical engineers made the new portable device by mimicking two natural processes: Simple evaporation and condensation and the transport of water from plant roots to the leaves.