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Many fruits and vegetables are high in antioxidants. istetiana/Moment via Getty Images

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Antioxidants help stave off a host of health problems – but figuring out how much you’re getting can be tricky

Staff Writer - October 17, 2025

A scene on the Erie Canal painted in 1842, two decades after the canal opened. Bettmann/Getty Images

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Erie Canal’s 200th anniversary: How a technological marvel for trade changed the environment forever

Flux ropes (simulated, right) are structures made up of magnetic field lines wrapping around each other like a rope, that look similar to tornadoes on Earth. NOAA, Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti and Chip Manchester

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‘Space tornadoes’ could cause geomagnetic storms – but these phenomena, spun off ejections from the Sun, aren’t easy to study

The quantum behavior of superconducting circuits like the small white square above was a major discovery. K. Cicak and R. Simmonds/NIST

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Nobel Prize in physics awarded for ultracold electronics research that launched a quantum technology

The world’s largest geothermal power station is under construction in Utah. Business Wire via AP

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Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including from used oil and gas wells

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Is a healthy environment a human right? Testing the idea in...

Staff Writer - July 14, 2017

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The next step in sustainable design: Bringing the weather indoors

Staff Writer - July 13, 2017

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Cleaning up toxic sites shouldn’t clear out the neighbors

Staff Writer - July 12, 2017

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Does Scott Pruitt have a solid case for repealing the Clean...

Staff Writer - July 7, 2017

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Energy wonks have a meltdown over the US going 100 percent...

Staff Writer - June 23, 2017

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Even ugly animals can win hearts and dollars to save them...

Staff Writer - June 22, 2017

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Climate change is shrinking the Colorado River

Staff Writer - June 15, 2017

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US exit from Paris climate accord makes discussing how and whether...

Staff Writer - June 12, 2017

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Flux ropes (simulated, right) are structures made up of magnetic field lines wrapping around each other like a rope, that look similar to tornadoes on Earth. NOAA, Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti and Chip Manchester

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‘Space tornadoes’ could cause geomagnetic storms – but these phenomena, spun...

Staff Writer - October 13, 2025

Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, University of Michigan and Ward B. (Chip) Manchester, University of Michigan Weather forecasting is a powerful tool....

Prof. Jie Huang stands with the MOF-based breathalyzer his lab developed with support from the NIH. Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T

Our engineering team is making versatile, tiny sensors from the Nobel-winning...

October 11, 2025

The quantum behavior of superconducting circuits like the small white square above was a major discovery. K. Cicak and R. Simmonds/NIST

Nobel Prize in physics awarded for ultracold electronics research that launched...

October 9, 2025

The world’s largest geothermal power station is under construction in Utah. Business Wire via AP

Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including...

October 8, 2025

Xerius Jackson, age 7, gets an MMR vaccine during the Texas measles outbreak in March 2025. Jan Sonnenmair via Getty Images

Even small drops in vaccination rates for US children can lead...

October 7, 2025