Up to 17% of cropland worldwide is contaminated with at least one type of toxic heavy metal, posing health risks to up to 1.4 ...

In central India's dry forests, community trackers hunt for signs of elephants to feed into an alert system that is helping ...

The first researchers fleeing US spending cuts imposed by President Donald Trump will start work at a French university in ...

Researchers at Virginia Tech have found a way to make biodegradable packaging stronger while using less energy in the process ...

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Laser-plasma accelerators can accelerate particles over distances that are up to 1,000 times shorter than those required by ...

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An international team of microbiologists from the Medical University of Graz, the DSMZ—German Collection of Microorganisms ...

Small organisms can have a big impact, and researchers have explored nearly a dozen nontraditional yeast strains to determine ...

UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford was hiking for pleasure in California's High Sierra when he stumbled upon a new elevation ...

A new discovery could pave the way for more effective cancer treatment by helping certain drugs work better inside the body.