Tiny shards of plastic called microplastics are all over the environment and even inside human bodies. Researchers have found a type of bioengineered algae that can clean up these pesky particles.

Fifth-generation farmer Justin Wylie is testing algae to rebuild soil health in orchards. By boosting soil microbes through ...

A very special scum is growing at the wastewater treatment plant. Before flowing into t River, a privileged 0.6% of Santa Fe’s flushed wastewater has, since last August, enjoyed a brief ...

OREGON, Ohio — On a warm late-summer evening, a small speedboat motored across a pea-green stretch of Lake Erie past a beach where a child sat splashing and a pair of newlyweds waded for a portrait ...