Water

Millions of US residents may be drinking water containing the potentially harmful compound Yiu Yu Hoi/Getty Images A common disinfectant …

The new battery could be assembled from Martian materials NASA When pushed into the smallest of cracks, water can be …

Chronic kidney disease is when the kidneys are damaged over time and can’t work as well as they should to …

Shewanella oneidensis bacteria could remove antibiotic resistance genes from wastewater Ella Maru Studio/Science Photo Library Bacteria engineered to destroy DNA …

Martian water may be lurking beneath – or even above – the planet’s surface NASA/JPL/USGS Mars is not as arid …

Flat rocks may not deliver the most dramatic splash Julian Brooks/Alamy When you want to find a rock that will …

High water levels at the Rapidan Dam in Minnesota Ben Brewer/Bloomberg/Getty Images The near failure of a century-old dam in …

Cans of Sky Wtr, produced by solar-powered hydropanels, will go on sale later this year in the US Madeleine Cuff …

This water purification system is powered by static electricity Sang-Woo Kim/Yonsei University in South Korea A bottle can disinfect drinking …

Most of the microplastics in tap water can be removed by boiling it Yuriy Nedopekin/Alamy Boiling tap water before use …