New study debunks the idea that cyclones have no long-term, lasting economic impacts, and suggests the urgent need for revamping disaster policy around the world.

Protein called reflectin could be used to improve performance of biomedical devices.

During a year-long series of observations, astronomers observed three of the largest outbursts ever observed on the moon.

Research leader: 'Successful commercialization of biofuels technology is about yield, yield, yield, and we obtained great yields with this novel technology.'

Sediment cores collected in 1960s for doctoral thesis have attracted renewed scrutiny for clues to Cascadia earthquakes.

Marine researchers turn to citizen scientists to help investigate the ‘redwoods of the ocean.’

That smartphone download might give a hacker access to your data. In response, computer scientists are set to receive $1 million to study smartphone security issues.

Most of the moon's overall shape can be explained by taking into account tidal effects acting early in the moon's history.

New cyberinfrastructure system monitors and forecasts wildfire activity.

Researchers are developing screen displays that can compensate for a viewer's visual impairments to create sharp images without the need for corrective lenses.

Scientists on NASA's Cassini mission have identified 101 distinct geysers erupting on Saturn's small, icy moon Enceladus.

Work builds on a strategy that involves reprogramming adult cells back to an embryonic state in which they again have the potential to become any type of cell.