Stored water can develop slimy bacterial films: nanotechnology may be a solution

Scientists are exploring light-activated nanoparticles to kill biofilms in stored drinking water, aiming to make household ...

An Underground Mystery Had Engineers Stumped Until They Followed the Rain

Engineers discovered that falling rainwater can unexpectedly reverse airflow deep underground, solving a mystery with ...

As floodwaters creep in, Kurla chawl families watch helplessly as homes turn into sewage-filled traps

For 64-year-old Sunil Joshi, who has lived in the chawl since birth, the arrival of the monsoon no longer brings relief from ...
Arizona Daily Star

'Neither snow nor rain' stops the mail. But USPS has a bigger problem

Newman, Jerry Seinfeld's nemesis in his eponymous sitcom, famously said, "When you control the mail, you control information." That was something Founding Father Benjamin Franklin knew very well. He ...