Harvard University is imposing a temporary freeze on hiring faculty. Columbia University is grappling with cuts to $400 million in federal funding. California Institute of Technology is leaving postdoctoral positions unfilled. A University of Washington researcher is wondering about a …
A University of Missouri researcher is teaming up with scholars in Kansas and Georgia to develop drone technology to monitor and potentially predict the spread of wildfires. The $1.2 million research project that began last month aims to use unmanned …
College students will be working to gauge the impact of climate change along the South Carolina coast, one of the fastest-growing areas in the nation. The Sun News reports that Coastal Carolina University has received a $25,000 National Science Foundation …
U.S. government weather scientists and their research partners have developed a new forecasting tool to simulate how water moves throughout the nation’s rivers and streams, paving the way for what the federal agency calls “the biggest improvement in flood forecasting …
Scientists seeking to put seismic sensors deep in the San Andreas fault to study the mechanics of earthquakes are in danger of losing their funding, a newspaper reported. The National Science Foundation has said it is no longer soliciting proposals …
The University of Nevada’s world-renowned earthquake laboratory has launched a nearly $4 million research project aimed at making nonstructural parts of buildings more earthquake proof. Engineers at the school’s Large-Scale Structures Lab cranked up three 50-ton capacity shake tables on …
