In a recent essay in Trends in Plant Science, Carnegie’s William Dwyer and Sue Rhee argue for the importance of anti-colonial language, as Western scientists develop an interest in regional crops that ...

New work hones in on one particular region of the zebrafish brain that could help us understand the circuitry underlying nicotine addiction. Baltimore, MD—In researching neural pathways, it helps to ...

Washington, DC—As the world warms and precipitation patterns shift, strategic approaches to sustainably improving crop yields will be necessary. Carnegie Science’s Lorenzo Rosa is working to ...

A team of scientists performed the first-ever experiment that manipulated seawater chemistry in a natural coral reef community in order to determine the effect that excess carbon dioxide released by ...

New work demonstrates how a data-driven approach to policy and planning can help communities prepare for the oncoming challenges of climate change. Washington, DC—Researchers from Stanford ...

Stem cells are the ultimate utility player, embryonic stem cells are capable of differentiating into any cell type to construct any organ or tissue in the body. Baltimore, MD— Recent work from ...

We sat down with Biosphere Sciences and Engineering's Brittany Belin, whose lab studies the biology of rhizobia, soil bacteria that can convert atmospheric nitrogen gas into plant-fertilizing ammonia.

Caudill, Victoria R.; Qin, Sarina; Winstead, Ryan; Kaur, Jasmeen; Tisthammer, Kaho; Pineda, E. Geo; Solis, Caroline; Cobey, Sarah; Bedford, Trevor; Carja, Oana; Eggo ...

For more than a century, Carnegie Science has empowered visionary investigators to demonstrate intellectual courage, challenge conventional ideas, and transform the world. Our organization was ...

Join us for a journey to the closest planet to our Sun! Despite major discoveries made by NASA space mission MESSENGER, many questions remain unanswered about the interior and history of Mercury.

Previous studies show that city metrics having to do with growth, productivity and overall energy consumption scale superlinearly, attributing this to the social nature of cities. Superlinear scaling ...

Throughout history, new observations of the night sky have led to groundbreaking discoveries, often resulting in paradigm shifts in astronomy. Over the past few decades, astronomy has been going ...