MIT researchers have developed a technique that enables real-time, 3D monitoring of corrosion, cracking, and other material failure processes inside a nuclear reactor environment.

Deforestation in tropical countries could contribute to increased deaths from heat exposure in nearby populations, new research has shown.

Unemployment claims increased between 12% and 17% due to the January 2025 Palisades and Eaton fires, according to a new report from the nonpartisan California Policy Lab.

There is strong support for the global 30–30 target on biodiversity, which means that one-third of the Earth’s surface should be protected by 2030.

Plant roots are essential for both food production and climate, yet until now they have been nearly impossible to measure accurately.

A world-travelling quantum device is making its only North American stop at the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo.

Hurricane Katrina—which made landfall in Louisiana in August 2005—is among the worst natural disasters to ever hit the United States, devastating communities across the Gulf Coast and forcing more than 1.5 million residents to evacuate their homes.

“My lab is in the business of knowledge creation,” said David Beratan, R.J. Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Chemistry.

A growing number of people globally are seeing wildfires encroach on their homes.

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere enters the ocean at the surface and has been increasing the acidity of Pacific waters since the beginning of the industrial revolution more than 200 years ago.