Las Vegas-based startup WAVR, a part of the local National Science Foundation Engines program, is developing tech that harvests water from the air.

Philanthropy backs bold science as federal funds shrink. Schmidt Polymaths support Saad Bhamla’s work on biomechanics of everyday organisms from ripple bugs to flamingos.

An out-of-this-world school project is garnering international recognition, and the mind behind it is a 15-year-old student. “I think it’s about what can ...

Black Americans face a significantly higher risk of Alzheimer’s and other dementias than white Americans. Researchers are ...

Forest ecologist Mark Harmon has been exhaustively examining dead logs for 40 years, and he’s found a complex world few ...

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Building an accurate model of Earth’s climate requires a lot of data. Photography reveals the extreme efforts scientists have ...

The controversy over Resynergi Inc.’s proposed plastics recycling facility in Rohnert Park continues to boil in public forums even as officials look into the company’s permit history ...