While driven by the desire to pursue curiosity, fundamental investigations are the crucial first step to innovation. When scientists announced their discovery of gravitational waves in 2016, it made ...

On the heels of infrastructure week last month, discussion of air traffic control, roads, and bridges is still fresh in many people’s minds. However, notably absent from any infrastructure discussion ...

Radiation Research, Vol. 75, No. 3 (Sep., 1978), pp. 462-470 (9 pages) The concepts of ionizing radiation and energy imparted defined by the ICRU in 1971 (Radiation Quantities and Units. Report 19, ...

The Pentagon's research wing is investigating how certain insects could provide a key to developing new technologies related to artificial intelligence. The U.S. military has long experimented with ...

Patents traditionally have been perceived as the domain of industry and basic science the province of academia. Some separation of basic intellectual and commercial interest is desirable, but when ...

Maria Barraza has been a Community Health Worker (CHW) for 25 years, providing health services and facilitating research studies in underserved areas where disparities are most prevalent. In her role, ...

BASF has made a three-year, $600,000 research commitment to the earth and environmental engineering department of Columbia University's School of Engineering & Applied Science. The money will fund ...