Part of the university’s Return to Learn program, wastewater screening helped prevent outbreaks by detecting 85 percent of cases early, allowing for timely testing, contact tracing and isolation.

Inspired by the sticky substance that barnacles use to cling to rocks, MIT engineers have designed a strong, biocompatible glue that can seal injured tissues and stop bleeding.

Wildfire activity exploded across the drought-stricken portions of the West, especially the Northwest.

Intense blooms of toxic algae are becoming common occurrences along the coast of Florida and elsewhere. 

NOAA scientists now turning their attention to Las Vegas and Los Angeles

Southern New England habitat is important to the North Atlantic right whale. With offshore wind energy development planned in the region, working with stakeholders to minimize potential impacts on right whales and other protected species is crucial.

As people sheltered in place at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, sightings of wildlife in urban areas helped spawn a meme, “Nature is healing,” that reflected an intuitive belief: Carnivores were stretching their legs, and their ranges, by expanding into long-lost territory.

Frequent, rapid testing for COVID-19 is critical to controlling the spread of outbreaks, especially as new, more transmissible variants emerge.

Last month, New York City and other cities along the east coast experienced some of the worst air pollution in the world. 

New insight on the death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide has been published in the open-access eLife journal.