Science

Decisions about whether to build, remove or modify dams involve complex trade-offs that are often accompanied by social and political conflict. A group of...

For sweeping drama, it's hard to beat hydropower from dams -- a renewable source of electricity that helped build much of the developed world....

Many farms have areas where the ground either floods or does not retain enough water or fertilizer for crops to thrive. Such marginal lands...

Increased production of corn in the United States has largely been credited to advances in farming technology but new research shows that changing temperatures...

The rate of men dying from malignant melanoma has risen in populations around the world, while in some countries the rates are steady or...

A chemical that highlights tumor cells has been used by surgeons to help spot and safely remove brain cancer in a recent trial.

Researchers have identified a genetic variation that may influence chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) disease severity. TMEM106B is one of the first genes to be...

A clinical trial has shown eating fish such as salmon, trout and sardines as part of a healthy diet can reduce asthma symptoms in...

Researchers have disclosed the nature of how T cells protect the brain against harmful viruses. The results of the study are important for investigating...

The trick to boosting crops in drought-prone, food-insecure areas of West Africa could be a ubiquitous native shrub that persists in the toughest of...