This summer, a four-engine cargo airplane laden with both scientists and sophisticated equipment will fly straight into hazy smoke from Western wildfires. The flights will comprise the largest, most ...

Proof of Concept is a video series profiling the science and scientists behind some of the environment’s most unexpected research. The experiment started by chance. In 2008, summer lightning storms ...

For the second time in a month, strange black circles of smoke have appeared over a neighborhood in southeast Albuquerque near Sandia National Laboratories. Neighbors in the area also reported on ...

Pinot noir grapes at Oregon State University's Woodhall Vineyard undergoing smoke experiments. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...

Scientists are sharpening their warnings that the cloud hanging over someone’s vape is not harmless mist but a chemically active aerosol that can injure bystanders’ lungs. New laboratory work suggests ...