Brittany Kirsch, agronomy and horticulture master’s student specializing in soil and water sciences, made it rain last summer.

State legislators plumbed the depths and impacts of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s water-based research in a Nov. 15 hearing at the State Capitol.

Research by University of Wyoming scientists has contributed to the removal of federal protection for a plant found in southeast Wyoming, northern Colorado and western Nebraska.

Once a bully, always a bully?

Shooting for the moon has paid off for University of Guelph engineers.

Every night, under the cover of darkness, countless small sea creatures – from squid to krill – swim from the ocean depths to near the surface to feed.

Consider the range of possibilities from 4D printed materials that transform underwater, or fibers that snap into a particular shape when they are cut out of a flat panel, or coaxing shifting sands in the ocean into building artificial islands, and you will have some idea of the breadth of research that Skylar Tibbits, MIT associate professor of design research in the Department of Architecture, pursues.

The replacement of fossil and nuclear energy sources for electricity production by renewables such as wind, sun, water and biomass is a cornerstone of Germany’s energy policy.

A new modeling approach can help researchers, policymakers and the public better understand how policy decisions will influence human migration as sea levels rise across the globe, suggests a paper published on Tuesday, Nov. 26, in Nature Climate Change. 

Eating a low-calorie diet can help you live longer and prevent age-related diseases – and even improve the immune system’s function.