Project is the first reported demonstration of genetically transforming grasses to supercharge their ability to remove contamination from the environment

Wiping out an entire forest can have significant effects on global climate patterns and alter vegetation on the other side of the world, according to a study led by the University of Washington

A new University of Washington study is among the first to address that question by comparing gender disparities across STEM fields

The study looked at data from satellites and ocean sensors off Miami that have tracked what's known as the Atlantic overturning circulation for more than a decade

"We have toxic algae events that result in shellfish closures off the Washington and Oregon coast every three to five years or so, but none of them have been as large as this one," says researcher

Agricultural crops, grasses and garden plants alike can get sick and die when factors such as drought and excess sun force them to work harder to survive

As animals, plants and microbes shed cells and produce waste, they drop traces of their DNA everywhere—in the air, soil and water

The planet has many carbon sinks, or routes that transfer heat-trapping carbon from the atmosphere into other parts of the Earth system

All of the algorithms suffered in accuracy when confronted with more distractions, but some fared much better than others

The ship typically spends 260 to 300 days a year in open water, on trips that can last up to two months

The study resolves a scientific conundrum, and an inconsistent pattern of warming often seized on by climate deniers

Results reverse the commonly accepted idea that the early Earth had a thicker atmosphere to compensate for weaker sunlight

“We wanted to understand how the monarch is processing these different types of information to yield this constant behavior — flying southwest each fall."

Technique could shrink the space needed to store digital data that today would fill a Walmart supercenter down to the size of a sugar cube

Device could allow surgeons to “see” at a cellular level in the operating room and determine where to stop cutting