Unlike expensive explosive-detecting puffer machines in airports that rely on complicated mass spectrometry or high-performance liquid chromatography equipment, these liquid crystal sensors could be portable, wearable, and inexpensive.

Freshwater fish provide the majority of the animal protein consumed in countries like Cambodia, Congo, and Bangladesh

Flooring could be even more “green,” thanks to an inexpensive, simple method developed by University of Wisconsin–Madison materials engineers that allows them to convert footsteps into usable electricity

“For cellulosic biofuels to become economically feasible, microbes need to be able to convert all of a plant’s sugars, including xylose, into fuel."

The major influences on ocean chemistry today are hydrothermal flow (hot water that has circulated through the crust) and surface weathering (the river transport of material eroded from land into the ocean)

The study includes global maps of novelty that offer testable predictions and carry important implications for conservation and land management planning

Work could mean a boost in functionality for semiconductor electronics and in capacity for data storage

The new method will help break the stranglehold of carbon-hydrogen bonds present in the chemical feedstocks used to make bioactive molecules

Ecological memory confers forests with resilience to fire by providing them the building blocks for recovery, even under a wide range of conditions

As Midwest farmers discuss forming a cooperative to promote aronia, they accept that the crop’s success will depend on marketing

Researchers took a hard look at the existing data on the state of U.S. science literacy, the questions asked, and the methods used to measure what Americans know and don’t know about science and how that knowledge has changed over time

The dressing is now cleared by the FDA as a class II medical device, for prescription and over-the-counter use

New-generation lateral solar cells promise to be the next big thing for compact devices

Recent study shows that increased serotonin levels lead to increased calcium levels

The center, funded at $6 million by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will develop and make available advanced protein measurement technologies