What Is a Dental Dam? A dental dam is a square, stretchy sheet made from latex or polyurethane plastic. It blocks the body fluids that can spread sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Most people ...

Dams are not a new invention; they have been built for thousands of years to control water flow and generate hydroelectric power. These are important structures that help manage water resources.

MANILA, Philippines — Three Luzon dams have continued releasing water after officials decided to close the gates of two other reservoirs, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and ...

It’s tucked in a lush valley just downstream of a 50-foot earthen dam, locally known as “Maple Dale.” The salvage yard, which buys used vehicles and farm machinery in this rural area to sell ...

The state of Wisconsin has been experiencing a rapid increase in dam failures in recent years, according to a new report. On Thursday, the Wisconsin Policy Form published a report which found that ...

A database developed by the Global Dam Watch (GDW) consortium is set to transform the global understanding of dams and reservoirs. Coordinated and led by members of a research lab at McGill ...

Satellite images shared with Newsweek show the construction progress made on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the controversial hydroelectric dam causing tension between three African ...

Less than two months after the removal of dams restored a free-flowing Klamath River, salmon have made their way upstream to begin spawning and have been spotted in Oregon for the first time in ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. BHP’s Olympic Dam copper mine is out of action for a week after large electricity transmission towers transporting power to ...

YREKA, Calif. — One of the first banners used by a coalition of tribes, environmentalists and other allies in a 20-year struggle to remove four dams from the Klamath River along the California ...

Several Queensland councils have to upgrade major dam spillways to prepare for rare ultra-extreme weather events. They say the multi-million-dollar cost will impact basic services and other ...