A muddy yard typically means your lawn is not draining properly or there is an influx of excess water. Amending the area with ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Device Laboratory has developed a new material that boasts an unprecedented water absorption rate using natural water-absorbing materials and hydrogels.

Engineers find the hydrogel polyethylene glycol (PEG) doubles its water absorption as temperatures climb from 25 to 50 C, and could be useful for passive cooling or water harvesting in warm climates.

The team recognized that the material could help globally, from Sydney, Australia, to Chennai, India. “The northern half of China and all of India are essentially in a permanent water shortage that’s ...

Joackim Birungi, an agronomist demonstrates how to use the water retainer at a coffee farm in Bulamgo, Kakoge Sub-county, in Nakasongola District. This water retainer known as Super Polymer Absorbent ...

Plants may have no muscles, but they can grow upwards against the strain of gravity and their roots can even shift soil and rocks – because their cells can absorb water to form strong structures. Now ...

The vast majority of absorbent materials will lose their ability to retain water as temperatures rise. This is why our skin starts to sweat and why plants dry out in the heat. Even materials that are ...