$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…

A multidisciplinary team of investigators from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution embarked June 17 on a twelve-day research effort in the Gulf of Mexico aboard the R/V Endeavor, conducting three simultaneous projects funded through the National Science Foundation (NSF) RAPID program.…

It turns out the old saying is right the nose really does know. And when it comes to sharks, the nostrils are particularly discriminating. Combined with the ability to detect underwater vibrations, sharks are able to zero in on the…

by Staff Sgt. Julius V. Delos Reyes 31st Fighter Wing Public Affairs AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy (AFNS) -- Construction has begun to build a $680,000 geothermal plant here, the first of its kind in U.S. Air Forces in Europe. "Aviano…

Photograph of Mount St. Helens as it was erupting with a giant ash cloud rising up. Vancouver, Wash. On Sunday, May 18, 1980 at 8:32 a.m., the bulging north flank of Mount St. Helens slid away in a massive landslide…