The bad odors of air pollution are difficult to regulate, but can pose significant health risks, reduce a home’s property ...

Climate models produce widely varying predictions for what will happen to this influential ocean current, but most models ...

Contrary to common assumptions, Arctic ponds mix in more than one direction. A new study finds that nighttime sideways flows, not vertical mixing, renew bottom waters.

Direct lightning strikes cause minimal damage to Dipteryx oleifera. But these same strikes effectively kill parasitic vines and neighboring trees that compete with the species for light and nutrients.

Curiosity’s detection of the gas, if atmospheric, could be an indicator of life on the Red Planet. But skeptics say further ...

Purple pigmentation in a diverse array of algae absorbs heat and creates a feedback loop responsible for 2% of total daily ...

Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news regarding law and policy changes that impact science and scientists today. The Trump administration ...

Massive cuts in federal funding to schools and science agencies, dogmatic calls to eliminate entire research areas, revocations of visas for international students and scholars, and attacks on ...

Divisions under all eight of NSF's directorates, including directorates focused on biological sciences, are being abolished by the agency. Credit: National Cancer Institute/Unsplash Research ...

The most populated cities in the country are slowly subsiding, posing risks to infrastructure and exacerbating flooding—and ...