They can leap from a surface on their own. This can happen for a variety of reasons, such as when a surface repels water or when heat is involved, such as a water or oil droplet skittering across a ...

Researchers in the US have developed a multilayered insulated superhydrophobic (MISH) coating that repels ...

An atmospheric scientist explains why water can do some strange-looking things at very cold temperatures, and what’s different about snowfalls on Mars.

Superhydrophobic surfaces—those famously "never-wet" materials that make water bead up and roll away—have a stubborn weakness: hot water. Once temperatures climb above roughly 40 degrees Celsius, many ...

A steel grain silo is built to keep grain dry, cool, and stable from harvest to sale or feed-out. When the storage environment drifts, grain quality can drop fast. The same pattern shows up again and ...

While the bill targets a practice known as cloud seeding, it has become a focal point for online discussions regarding ...

Hot, steamy showers can produce too much moisture and promote mold growth in the bathroom. Could running cold water after a hot shower blast away steam and prevent mold from growing?

Tiny, invisible gases long thought to be irrelevant in cloud formation may actually play a major role in determining whether clouds form—and possibly whether it rains. That's the surprising finding ...

Roads were flooded after a driver crashed into a hydrant in Panorama City Tuesday, and the rushing water propelled the vehicle into the air. Surveillance video showed the driver in a Nissan Versa ...

This roundup of The Conversation’s climate coverage was first published in our award-winning weekly climate action newsletter, Imagine. “Iran is experiencing not one environmental crisis but the ...

For many years, engineers have suggested sucking up the excess carbon dioxide in our planet’s atmosphere to battle climate change, a moonshot idea that has as many supporters as it does skeptics. A ...