From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of ...

Lincoln's S. Kathleen Lyons is providing a new framework—Earth system engineering—for examining how organisms, including ...

The traditional Manufacturing Execution System (MES) has long been constrained by a rigid architecture, making it difficult ...

Scientists at Aarhus University, Denmark’s second-largest research institution, have developed what they’re calling the world ...

An extraordinary experiment on mice and leaves from two different plant species has uncovered direct physical evidence of an ...

There is a whole world inside soil, shaping our everyday existence.“Soil is fundamental to the functioning of Earth,” ...

"Could have significant implications." Researcher creates new organisms that could be put to work on future space colonies: 'Engineering them to have new abilities' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Researchers at the University of Stuttgart have created an “optical sieve” capable of detecting minute nanoplastic particles. Functioning much like a test strip, this innovation is designed to provide ...

Years after I began photographing Black and Brown Burners, I returned to the festival simply to witness. What I saw humbled ...

The City of Casey is celebrating birds this October with several activities and information sessions for bird lovers and those interested in ...

The state’s Big Tree Program has unearthed a 124-foot-tall pecan and a 97-foot-tall willow oak. It’s still looking for record-breakers.

Columbia State Historic Park offers a living Gold Rush museum where visitors can pan for gold and experience 19th-century California. Calaveras County’s other natural wonders, including remarkable ...