VANCOUVER, Wash. Underground magma movement was the trigger of a swarm of 30,000 earthquakes in Saudi Arabia last year, according to a new study published in Nature Geoscience Sunday. The swarm occurred in the Harrat Lunayyir lava field near the…

$2 Million for New Center and Research & Development PHOENIX Arizona is poised to become a major player in the multi-billion dollar algaebiofuel industry, and Governor Jan Brewer today dedicated two million dollars to support important research and development that…

Elevated concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus, nutrients that can negatively impact aquatic ecosystems and human health, have remained the same or increased in many streams and aquifers across the Nation since the early 1990s, according to a new national study…

Restoring Desert Soils Could Lessen Impacts of Climate Change WASHINGTON Dust caused by human activities in the American desert Southwest is a contributing factor in speeding up the melting of snow and reducing runoff in the mountains of the Colorado…

$100,000 to the Science Foundation Arizona STEM Initiative PHOENIX Science Foundation Arizona has been allocated $100,000 to support the creation of a Statewide STEM Action Network. This network will coordinate a proactive, integrated statewide approach for education in Arizona in…

The city of Phoenix, in partnership with VisionGate, Inc., is opening the world's first biomedical 3D cellular imaging lab. The Cell-CTâ„¢ research lab, located on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus in downtown Phoenix, is seeking proposals from researchers in universities and…

PORTLAND, Oregon - The potential for outbreaks of spruce and mountain pine beetles in western North Americas forests is likely to increase significantly in the coming decades, according to a study conducted by USDA Forest Service researchers and their colleagues.…

Large changes in the sun's energy output may drive unexpectedly dramatic fluctuations in Earth's outer atmosphere. Results of a study published today link a recent, temporary shrinking of a high atmospheric layer with a sharp drop in the sun's ultraviolet…

by 1st Lt. Karl Wiest 45th Space Wing Public Affairs CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. (AFNS) -- A team from the 45th Space Wing successfully launched the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite onboard an Atlas V launch vehicle…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released its second peer-reviewed, analytical summary report about subsurface oil monitoring in the Gulf of Mexico.…

NOAAs State of the Climate report shows the June 2010 average temperature for the contiguous United States was 71.4 degrees F, which is 2.2 degrees F above the long-term average (1901-2000). The average precipitation for June was 3.33 inches, 0.44…

NETRA, an add-on for mobile phones, enables users to quickly and inexpensively test their eyesight. Photo courtesy Andy Ryan CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- There are two standard systems for determining a prescription for eyeglasses. One is to have the patient look…