A key question for climate scientists in recent years has been whether the Atlantic Ocean’s main circulation system is slowing down, a development that could have dramatic consequences for Europe and other parts of the Atlantic rim.

Valley fever is endemic to hot and dry regions like the southwestern United States and California’s San Joaquin Valley, but a new study predicts climate change will cause the fungal infection’s range to more than double in size this century, reaching previously unaffected areas across the western U.S.

University of Arizona researchers, in conjunction with an international team, are hoping to learn how a hotter, drier future will alter tropical rain forest ecosystems.

More accurate detection of hotspot clusters provides new insights into the behavior of air pollution.

A University of Calgary research team, in its efforts to detect leaks of a potent greenhouse gas from oil and gas facilities, literally rose to the challenge during testing by Stanford University.

California-based Beyond Meat calls its Beyond Burger and other vegan ‘meat’ products the future of protein.

While computers have become smaller and more powerful and supercomputers and parallel computing have become the standard, we are about to hit a wall in energy and miniaturization. 

Healthy cells in our body release nano-sized bubbles that transfer genetic material such as DNA and RNA to other cells.

As the Bahamas continue to recover from Category 5 hurricane Dorian, a new developing tropical cyclone is bringing additional rainfall to an already soaked area.

The Large Magellanic Cloud, or LMC, is one of our nearest galactic neighbors, at only 163 000 light years from Earth.