Significant quantities of microplastic particles are being trapped in riverbed sediments or carried through the air along major river systems, new research shows.

Waterloo Engineering professor fuels research that aims to reduce the carbon footprint.

Waterloo researchers are helping to clear the regulatory runway for electric planes and transport the Canadian aviation sector to new heights.

Researchers studied a cohort of 400 children aged 9 to 10 in New Zealand who exhibited a full range of possible autism traits and conducted a variety of vision and visuomotor processing tests with them.

Scientists using space-based radar found that land in New York City is sinking at varying rates from human and natural factors. 

Once celebrated as a symbol of modern innovation, plastic has become the boon and bane of our time.

Antarctic sea ice reached its lowest maximum extent on record on Sept. 10 at a time when the ice cover should have been growing at a much faster pace during the darkest and coldest months.

Demand for valuable metals needed in batteries is poised to grow over the coming decades in step with the growth of clean energy technologies, and the best place to source them may be by recycling spent batteries.

Wind and solar can provide significantly more energy than the highest energy demand forecasts for 2050 and nearly ten times current electricity demand (299 TWh/year).

The findings from new research, led by University of Arizona dendrochronologist Bryan Black, could have implications for seismic preparedness measures in the region.