Black holes, gene editing, and quantum computing wowed us—while new climate findings and racial bias in medicine brought renewed urgency. Astrophysicists use radio telescopes, which pick up radio ...

The year 2019 is officially the second warmest in the 140-year record of modern temperatures compiled by both NASA and the U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, scientists said ...

Some big numbers from nature made news in 2019. They were enough of a shock to get people talking about the dwindling diversity of plants, animals and other life on Earth, and what to do about it.

There’s strong evidence, held up in study after study since the 1990s, that exposure to fine airborne particles contributes to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. This year, epidemiologists ...

To grow new hair, stem cells throughout the skin must work in sync. Researchers have discovered the molecular communication tool, part of the lymphatic system, that the cells use to synchronize their ...

An Irish teenager just won $50,000 for his project focusing on extracting micros-plastics from water. Google launched the Google Science Fair in 2011 where students ages 13 through 18 can submit ...

Large oceangoing ships turn very slowly, which can be frustrating to someone accustomed to speeding around on nimble watercraft. Those eagerly watching for progress on climate change can relate. Every ...

Each year the College of Natural Sciences invites its faculty, staff and students to submit the most stunning and inspiring images from their scholarly research for our Visualizing Science competition ...

Marketing and Sales prioritize AI and machine learning higher than any other department in enterprises today. In-memory analytics and in-database analytics are the most important to Finance, Marketing ...

Programs in science, technology, engineering, and math are boosting a new generation of female students—and countering some familiar barriers to success. At ISEF 2019, Russian high school student Inna ...

Millions of scientific papers are published each year, detailing new discoveries, reviewing the state of research, and opining on important matters. But most people don't delve into daunting databases ...