Seismic study reveals huge amount of water dragged into Earth’s interior

Slow-motion collisions of tectonic plates under the ocean drag about three times more water down into…

Recommending plants to benefit and attract pollinators

Pollinating insects are integral to the health of all terrestrial ecosystems and agriculture worldwide. As homeowners…

A new approach to detecting cancer earlier from blood tests

Cancer scientists have combined 'liquid biopsy,' epigenetic alterations and machine learning to develop a blood test…

Houston’s urban sprawl increased rainfall, flooding during Hurricane Harvey

Researchers found that Houston's urban landscape directly contributed to the torrential rainfall and deadly flooding of…

Putting food-safety detection in the hands of consumers

Researchers have developed a wireless system that leverages the cheap RFID tags already on hundreds of…

Mothers infected by dengue may have babies with higher risk of severe Zika, and vice versa

Two new studies provide evidence that previous Dengue infection in pregnant mothers may lead to increased…

Bias-based bullying does more harm, is harder to protect against

A new study finds that bias-based bullying does more harm to students than generalized bullying, particularly…

Climate control of Earth’s critical zone

New research by geoscientists shines a light on this hidden world from ridgetops to valley floors…

How exercise could help fight drug addiction

The siren call of addictive drugs can be hard to resist, and returning to the environment…

Rainforest vine compound starves pancreatic cancer cells

Pancreatic cancer cells are known for their ability to thrive under extreme conditions of low nutrients…