Researchers have developed a new laser-based method that can detect electric charges and chemicals of interest with unprecedented sensitivity. 

Global demand for coffee and cocoa is on the rise. Yet across the equatorial belt where these two crops are produced, the future is not looking bright. 

The majority of women who undergo surgery for suspected ovarian cancer do not have cancer. 

A new type of computer memory which could solve the digital technology energy crisis has been invented and patented by Lancaster scientists. 

Some fungi and bacteria live in close association, or symbiosis, with tree roots in forest soil to obtain mutual benefits.

Biochar may not be the miracle soil additive that many farmers and researchers hoped it to be, according to a new University of Illinois study. 

Research across several areas of the "Third Pole" – the high-mountain region centered on the Tibetan Plateau – shows a seasonal cycle in how near-surface temperature changes with elevation. 

Almost 500,000 Americans die each year from cardiac arrest, when the heart suddenly stops beating.

Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States and colonoscopy is the most-used screening tool to detect it. 

Wetlands are an important part of the Earth’s natural water management system.