Geology professor at University of Southern Indiana is one of a handful of American experts on the Himalayas. He has spent over 500 days in the region and up to three months at a time in remote mountain villages.
Working with a material 10 times lighter than steel "” but 250 times stronger "” would be a dream come true for any engineer. If this material also had amazing properties that made it highly conductive of heat and electricity, it would start to sound like something out of a science fiction novel.
Canadian and U.S. scientists are planning a multi-million dollar project that could turn hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of sea floor into an Internet-connected undersea observatory.
It's not every day that a scientist opens an artistic exhibit on the Washington, D.C., Mall, but that's exactly what Indiana University Bloomington biologist Roger Hangarter will do on Oct. 27 at the U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory.
A Florida State University researcher who specializes in the evolutionary history of wasps is now creating a buzz about a new way for scientists to store, share and study plant and animal images.
Geologist Wayne Pennington of Michigan Tech has seen first hand how deadly quakes in Himalayas can be.
Research has shown that the breakdown of chlorophyll is largely responsible for the vibrant hues of most fall foliage. But the anthocyanins that give some leaves their red tint could serve a more Darwinian purpose: They could be the trees' own form of chemical warfare.
Researchers are beginning an expedition to explore the spectacular deepwater coral reefs of Florida's Oculina Bank. The team will begin a critically needed monitoring program to complement, and evaluate the effectiveness of, new regulations and enforcement activities in the area.
Scientists from nine nations have set sail for the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Tahiti Sea Level Expedition, a research expedition initiated to investigate global sea level rise since the last glacial maximum, approximately 23,000 years ago.
With concerns about global warming on the rise, a team of scientists is trying to improve the current understanding of the ocean's role in transferring carbon dioxide from the surface to the deep sea.
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