A diet of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy foods and lean meats, low in salt and sugar, is associated with reduced psoriasis severity, new research finds.

There’s a lot of untapped potential in our homes and vehicles that could be harnessed to reinforce local power grids and make them more resilient to unforeseen outages, a new study shows.

In the delicate balancing act between human development and protecting the fragile natural world, sand is weighing down the scales on the human side.

Imagine being able to speed up evolution– hypothetically – to learn which genes might have a harmful or beneficial effect on human health.

An international team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has found a compound in ginger, called furanodienone (FDN), that selectively binds to and regulates a nuclear receptor involved in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Humanity can farm more food from the seas to help feed the planet while shrinking mariculture’s negative impacts on biodiversity, according to new research led by the University of Michigan.

Treatment plants use a combination of tools to keep toxins and contaminants out of drinking water.

When you walk through a pine forest, the crisp, fresh scent is one of the first things you notice.

In cars, pollution doesn’t come from exhaust alone. 

The Haber-Bosch process, which converts atmospheric nitrogen to make ammonia fertilizer, revolutionized agriculture and helped feed the world’s growing population, but it also created huge environmental problems.