Harvard researchers argue California should lower its cleanup goal for lead in soil from 80 milligrams per kilogram to 55 mg/kg. The scientists contend the state’s number is based on outdated science.

A team of researchers has developed a cost-effective, high-throughput technology for detecting nanoplastics and microplastics in the environment. These particles are pervasive, posing health and ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would appoint academics and players in chemical and other industries and additional scientists to its Science Advisory Board (SAB). The new ...

Jinke Tang, a professor in the University of Wyoming’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been named director of the UW Science Institute. Tang has served as department head for the past eight ...

From the time Finnegan Miller was in middle school, he wasn’t content to simply study science. He wanted to test it, question it and see it at work. In seventh grade, he began experimenting with mold ...

A computer used for artificial intelligence at the University at Albany’s Atmospheric Sciences Research Center is displayed in a lab at the ETEC building on the UAlbany campus. New majors are expected ...

The House Science, Space and Technology Committee on Thursday announced chairs for its energy and environment panels. Rep. Randy Weber (R-Texas) will chair the Energy Subcommittee, and Rep. Scott ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering the elimination of its science arm and firing most of that branch’s employees according to documents reviewed by the Democratic staff of the ...

Using Miami’s state-of-the-art laboratories and research facilities, you can tackle some of the world’s biggest scientific challenges – whether by joining your professor’s research team or creating ...

Project 2025, the sweeping right-wing blueprint for a new kind of U.S. presidency, would sabotage science-based policies that address climate change, the environment, abortion, health care access, ...

Key cells in the brain, neurons, form networks by exchanging signals, enabling the brain to learn and adapt at incredible speed. Researchers have now developed a 3D-printed 'brain-like environment' ...