Salk scientists have uncovered a missing step in how cells make a class of compounds that include commercially important drugs and flavor molecules.

If recent news that University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) researchers observed the largest gamma ray burst ever has you nervous about getting blasted into extinction by a massive burst from space, the UAH researchers have good news.

Newest Project in Applied Physics Laboratory's Cubesat Initiative.

Record power-conversion efficiency at Los Alamos from quantum-dot sensitized photovoltaics.

The Innovation Forum (www.inno-forum.org) is launching their first annual Innovation Leaders Conference  to be held at Cambridge University, UK on February 27th and 28th 2014.

“See this thread? It’s made from maize starch.” Michaëla van Leeuwen, scientist at Applied Plant Research (PPO – part of Wageningen UR), points to a red thread coming from a small 3D printer. The device is one of the eye-catchers in the Bio-Based exhibition which is currently touring the Netherlands.

Through lotions, shampoos and other personal care products (PCPs), infants and toddlers are likely becoming exposed to potentially harmful substances, called parabens, at an even higher level than adult women in the U.S., researchers have reported. They published their findings on parabens, which have been linked to reproductive and other health issues, in the American Chemical Society journal Environmental Science & Technology.

North­eastern Uni­ver­sity has announced plans to build a state-of-the-art inter­dis­ci­pli­nary sci­ence and engi­neering research facility in Rox­bury on Columbus Avenue. Sched­uled for com­ple­tion in fall 2016, the new com­plex will pro­vide 220,000 square feet of research and edu­ca­tional space and is part of the university’s ongoing effort to expand its capacity to engage in path-breaking research across disciplines.

A team of University of Arizona researchers is looking at ways to grow strawberries hydroponically in a greenhouse.

The most tweeted peer-reviewed articles published between 2010 and 2012, and the trends associated with their social media success, have been identified by Stefanie Haustein at the University of Montreal's School of Library and Information Science.

PhD candidate Christina Turi examines medicinal potential of BC’s native plants.

Drilling in Japan Trench by international scientific team finds unusually thin, slippery geological fault.