New study aims to help protect the world's trees and forests from harmful pests and diseases

CABI’s expert scientists in the field of ecosystems management and invasion ecology have presented new guidance…

Geoengineering versus a volcano

Major volcanic eruptions spew ash particles into the atmosphere, which reflect some of the Sun’s radiation…

Lab produces simple fluorescent surfactants

Laboratories use surfactants to separate things, and fluorescent dyes to see things. Rice University chemists have…

Accelerating development of STT-MRAM

Researchers at the Center for Innovative Integrated Electronic Systems (CIES) at Tohoku University have successfully observed…

Long-lasting effects of ironwork on mammal distributions over the last millennium

Awareness is growing among scientists about the significance of pre-modern anthropogenic impacts prior to the Industrial…

Restoring forests means less fuel for wildfire and more storage for carbon

When wildfires burn up forests, they don’t just damage the trees. They destroy a key part…

Washington State Suffers from Williams Flats Fire Caused by Lightning

Washington state endured a band of early morning thunderstorms near the Colville Indian Reservation west of…

Goddard Reflects on Scolese's Years of Leadership

The U.S. Senate confirmed Goddard Center Director Chris Scolese as the new director of the National…

Physicists measure how electrons in transition metals get redistributed within fraction of optical oscillation cycle

Researchers in the Department of Physics of ETH Zurich have measured how electrons in so-called transition…

Polyoxometalate-based coordination frameworks for methane generation in photoreduction of carbon dioxide

Excessive CO2 discharge derived from the continuous burning of fossil fuels has caused global warming and…