University of Adelaide research may help in the fight against terrorism with the creation of a sensor that can detect tiny quantities of explosives with the use of light and special glass fibres.

Coffee drinkers, rejoice! Aside from java’s energy jolt, food scientists say you may reap another health benefit from a daily cup of joe: prevention of deteriorating eyesight and possible blindness from retinal degeneration due to glaucoma, aging and diabetes.

MIT alumnus Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel gives major donation to establish the lab, to be lead by Professor John Lienhard.

Register now for 18th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference (GC&E), the longest running green chemistry conference in the United States, and save up to $100 on your registration when you sign up by May 16, 2014.

McGill research finds unexpected link between cell suicide and longevity.

MIT/Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics unveil "Illustris," a sophisticated computer program to recreate the evolution of the universe in high fidelity.

Leica Microsystems’ microscopes can now fully integrate with Neurolucida and Stereo Investigator software for analyzing cells in neuroscience research.

In addition to the products introduced at Pittcon 2014 we’ve already profiled in our Technology News section, there were plenty of other exciting developments to share from the press conferences we attended in Chicago in March.

This month, we highlight companies who will be exhibiting at the 62nd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics (ASMS 2014), which will take place June 15-19, 2014 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland. This dynamic scientific conference features a variety of sessions and short courses and will close with an event at the National Aquarium. Please note that the products shown here may not be at the show, but their manufacturers will be.

Predicting crop yields based on climate, planting, and other variables can help regions optimize their limited resources.

Interdisciplinary team uses discrete differential geometry.

Technology capable of sampling water systems to find indicators of fecal matter contamination that are thousandths and even millionths of times smaller than those found by conventional methods is being developed by a team of researchers at Texas A&M University.