To build healthier food systems, we need better food data. A new research shows where the gaps are—and how innovations like PTFI are helping to close them.
New Study Shows Alligators Aren’t All That’s Lurking in Georgia’s Swamps
Gator research uncovers increased levels of mercury in the state’s swamps.
AI Stirs up the Recipe for Concrete in MIT Study
With demand for cement alternatives rising, an MIT team uses machine learning to hunt for new ingredients across the scientific literature.
Research Shows Rivers Release Ancient Carbon Dioxide Into the Atmosphere, Uncovering a Greater Role for Plants and Soil in the Carbon Cycle
A new study has revealed for the first time that ancient carbon, stored in landscapes for thousands of years or more, can find its way back to the atmosphere as CO₂ released from the surfaces of rivers.
First-Of-Its-Kind Technology Helps Man With Als ‘Speak’ in Real Time
New brain-computer interface system enables faster, more natural conversation.
Researchers Discover Likely Site of New Planet in Formation
An international team of astronomers led by University of Galway, has discovered the likely site of a new planet in formation, most likely a gas giant planet up to a few times the mass of Jupiter.
Window-Sized Device Taps the Air for Safe Drinking Water
MIT engineers developed an atmospheric water harvester that produces fresh water anywhere — even Death Valley, California.
A Tornado’s Mark on Kentucky
Amid a spate of severe weather across the U.S. Midwest, Southeast, and Mid-Atlantic regions on May 16, 2025, a deadly tornado tore across three counties in Kentucky.
Rings of Time: Unearthing Climate Secrets From Ancient Trees
Deep in the swamps of the American Southeast stands a quiet giant: the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum).
Lizards of Madagascar
After the island of Madagascar drifted away from India 88 million years ago, isolating it from all other landmasses, its flora and fauna evolved in seclusion.