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 ...

Cities don’t just sprawl—they metabolize. A new study shows that population, infrastructure, and emissions grow in lock-step, ...

A massive eruption 74,000 years ago shook the planet, and archaeologists are using volcanic glass to figure out how humans ...

If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, you would have survived the Toba supereruption, one of the largest catastrophic events ...

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

Embrace city science as a vital partner in architecture, merging creativity with data to build resilient and equitable urban ...

"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.

Today, biological organisms are able to make use of phosphates through proteins – molecular machines that regulate all aspects of life. By binding to proteins, phosphates regulate metabolism and ...

A new project aims to build fundamental knowledge about flower pigmentation, with real-world applications. This may help breeders create more stable flowers, fruits, and vegetables. The grant is ...

The technology can help build buy-in, minimize costly errors and facilitate monitoring and maintenance, a Bentley Systems ...