Study shows biodiversity in wetter forests has a more pronounced impact than in drier ones, revealing important insights for people working to protect and restore these ecosystems.

New research by a University of Michigan psychologist and colleagues makes the strongest case yet that ultra-processed foods—including chips, cookies, soda and other heavily engineered products—aren’t just tempting; they can actually be addictive.

A team of University of California San Diego researchers has deployed a groundbreaking new platform to advance science and technology that addresses wildland fire challenges in an era of more frequent and devastating megafires.

Masks physically degrade into nanoplastics, chemically change with exposure to sunlight, metals.

Dust particles from deserts promote ice formation in clouds. 

The findings could inform planetary health assessments, enhance ecosystem management, and guide climate change projections and mitigation strategies.

BioMapAI identifies new biological markers that help detect ME/CFS with 90% accuracy.

Sixty years ago, NASA’s Mariner 4 captured groundbreaking views of the Red Planet, leading to a steady stream of advances in the cameras used to study other worlds.

New research finds long-term impacts on flood size and frequency decades after trees are removed.

When a multimillion-dollar extraterrestrial vehicle gets stuck in soft sand or gravel — as did the Mars rover Spirit in 2009 — Earth-based engineers take over like a virtual tow truck, issuing a series of commands that move its wheels or reverse its course in a delicate, time-consuming effort to free it and continue its exploratory mission.