“The United Nations recently published a somewhat bleak report on worldwide soil contamination. A major challenge is reclaiming land and protecting human health from toxic exposures,” said Owen Duckworth, North Carolina State University professor of biogeochemistry. Soil pollution may seem limited to headline-grabbing spills, but many pollutants result from mining, industrial activities, waste disposal, and…

“The United Nations recently published a somewhat bleak report on worldwide soil contamination. A major challenge is reclaiming land and protecting human health from toxic exposures,” said Owen Duckworth, North Carolina State University professor of biogeochemistry. Soil pollution may seem limited to headline-grabbing spills, but many pollutants result from mining, industrial activities, waste disposal, and…

Researchers have found far less data on bird sightings in neighborhoods impacted by discriminatory housing policies in the United States since the 1930s. Even with the rise of digital citizen science platforms like eBird in the last two decades, the information gap on bird species between wealthy and impoverished areas has gotten much worse. This…

By Charlotte LyttonFeatures correspondent Marcin Szczepanski/Michigan Engineering Laser engineer Lauren Weinberg works on the Zeus laser system (Credit: Marcin Szczepanski/Michigan Engineering) They are the most intense lasers ever built, and their beams are helping scientists probe the fabric of the Universe. Inside a research lab at the University of Michigan, bright green light fills the…

By Charlotte LyttonFeatures correspondent Marcin Szczepanski/Michigan Engineering Laser engineer Lauren Weinberg works on the Zeus laser system (Credit: Marcin Szczepanski/Michigan Engineering) They are the most intense lasers ever built, and their beams are helping scientists probe the fabric of the Universe. Inside a research lab at the University of Michigan, bright green light fills the…

By Danna Staaf The word “marsupial” typically evokes a kangaroo or perhaps a koala, something furry and warm-blooded that protects its babies in a pouch. But a surprising variety of creatures have evolved this unusual means of parental care, including crustaceans, seahorses—and frogs. With jaunty peaks sticking up from its eyelids that may help it…

In the ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, Stanford HAI’s fall conference “New Horizons in Generative AI: Science, Creativity, and Society” illuminated the profound impact of AI on scientific exploration. While generative AI for vision and language has garnered public attention, the conference delved deeper, spotlighting the diverse spectrum of generative AI research from its application in…

In the ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, Stanford HAI’s fall conference “New Horizons in Generative AI: Science, Creativity, and Society” illuminated the profound impact of AI on scientific exploration. While generative AI for vision and language has garnered public attention, the conference delved deeper, spotlighting the diverse spectrum of generative AI research from its application in…

A West Virginia University research team is working on ways to eliminate the rampant human-made radio interference from cell phones, televisions and radar systems that can block the detection of radio signals by astronomers. With $510,000 in funding support from the National Science Foundation, team members will develop new algorithms and hardware with potentially broad…

Illustration by Malte Mueller/Getty Images. Increasingly, Americans of all generations are suffering from climate anxiety. There are, of course, a growing number of people who are directly impacted by climate disasters — severe weather, extreme heat, wildfires, even sunny-day flooding. But there are also an increasing number of people who are simply prone to worry — and in…