Results suggest that schools should foster a 'growth mindset' of mathematical ability to encourage more girls to opt for majors in the physical sciences, engineering, mathematics, or computer science.

For University of Wisconsin-Madison plastics engineer Tim Osswald, the Wisconsin Idea is about taking the extra step: taking research out of the lab.

Computer simulations exploring the effects of shock waves on crystalline HMX, performed by Ryan Austin, a staff scientist in Engineering’s Computational Engineering Division, and a team of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers, are featured on the cover of the May 14 issue of the Journal of Applied Physics.

University of Florida researchers have found a light trap that monitors mosquitoes more effectively, while ferreting out bugs no one wants or needs to kill.

Kristi Gaines and Su Shin found a gap in research related to clothing designed specifically to help children with autism cope with their environments.

Planets with volcanic activity are considered better candidates for life than worlds without such heated internal goings-on.

A space-based system that relies on lasers to generate and deliver energy to spacecraft has won a University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) professor a U.S. patent and could become a first-line defense against asteroids on a collision course with Earth.

Key sign of quark-gluon plasma (QGP) and evidence for a long-debated quantum phenomenon.

Researcher finds that dinosaur's teeth were more intricate than reptiles', mammals.'

Early registration for the 19th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference will come to a close on Friday, June 12, 2015.

A daily sugar-sweetened beverage habit may increase the risk for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HRNCA) at Tufts University reported June 5 in the Journal of Hepatology. 

As the state’s land-grant institution, Cornell University was born to explore science for the public good – a mission that can sometimes require a leap of faith.