Fortifying table salt with folic acid could help prevent serious birth defects like spina bifida and anencephaly, researchers report.

Human activities are making Earth's air, soil, and freshwater saltier, which could pose an existential threat if current trends continue.

People at risk for type 2 diabetes may already know to avoid sugar, but they may want to skip the salt as well.

Sodium chloride, simple table salt, offers a safe, inexpensive, and reusable way to recycle plastic waste, new research shows.

A large population of asteroids hurtling through the solar system may not be as dry as previously thought, salt grains on an asteroid show.

A frozen mix of water and table salt created in a lab on Earth could explain the red streaks crossing the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa.

Adding more salt to a polymer-based electrolyte can keep batteries working without catching fire when heated to over 140 degrees F.

New research pins down what happens in plants as they change the direction of their growing roots to avoid salty soil.

For the first 500 million years of Earth’s existence, oceans may have had a salt level as high as 7.5%. By comparison, oceans today are about 2.5% salt.

New research clarifies how salt intake affects the brain and the relationship between neuron activity and blood flow deep in the brain.