Salt is a key part of our diets. It's also vital for our survival, as dietitian Lena Beal, MS, RDN, LD and National Spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics previously told USA TODAY.

The temperature drops, ice starts forming on the pavement, you head out with a grumble, sprinkle some salt, and get on your way, hoping the streets have been salted too. But if that salt ...

A groundbreaking imaging method for tracking salt inside plant cells has rewritten knowledge of how roots handle toxic levels of sodium ions. The findings might aid efforts to boost plant ...

It’s a rite of winter in the Chicago area on par with “dibs” and skating at Millennium Park, as residents pull out shovels and salt to deal with wintry weather. The Chicago area hasn’t ...

House Republicans are trying to figure out what replaces the so-called SALT cap for residents of high-tax states such as New York, New Jersey and California who have seen a tax hit from the limit.

Sprinkling salt on the road or sidewalk after snowfall can make conditions safer for drivers and pedestrians, but can cause harm to local waterways and wildlife, London, Ont., researchers say.

Initially developed in the 1950s, molten salt reactors have benefits in higher efficiencies and lower waste generation. Some designs do not require solid fuel, which eliminates the need for ...

One of the most common self-treatments for ingrown toenails involves Epsom salt. How does Epsom salt help an ingrown toenail? As long as there’s no discharge, pus or other sign of infection on ...

School of Biology & Environmental & Biological Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin D04 N2E5, Ireland UCD-Centre for Food Safety, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin D04 N2E5, ...

Researchers from Skoltech and the Institute of High Temperature Electrochemistry of UB RAS have developed and tested a model based on machine learning that predicts the properties of molten salts.

Soybean germplasm is highly diverse and natural variations exist for salt tolerance. Recent omics approaches such as transcriptomics, quantitate traits loci (QTL), and genome-wide association studies ...