Nearly 150 years ago, scientists began to imagine how information might flow through the brain based on the shapes of neurons ...

Alumnus Jonathan Trent is a marine biologist and former NASA scientist whose groundbreaking work spans ocean research, space science, and sustainable technology.

Imagine if a plant in a farmer's field could warn a grower that it needs water? Or if a farmer could signal to plants that ...

Arnold Mathijssen, a physicist at the University of Pennsylvania, is partial to pour-over coffee, which involves manually pouring hot water over ground beans and filtering it into a pot or mug below.

One of the largest crocodilians that ever lived preyed on dinosaurs. New research has found the fearsome Deinosuchus had a ...

For more than 50 years, the Columbia Environmental Research Center has produced research about contaminants and their effects ...

Rising global temperatures are driving the sharp decline in terrestrial water storage. This trend isn’t likely to change, scientists say.

Scientists speculate that asteroids colliding with Earth delivered water—an essential building block of life—but new research ...

A graduate student accidentally created a blend of oil, water and nickel particles that formed an unexpected shape.

Researchers say they discovered evidence that early Earth was home to more hydrogen than previously thought, calling into ...

A new hypothesis from SETI Institute scientist Dr. Janice Bishop and Dr. Melissa Lane from Fibernetics in Pennsylvania could ...

A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence ...