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Arizona State University researchers have created a new compound crystal material that promises to help produce advances in a range of scientific and technological pursuits.

The biggest earthquake ever recorded in Oklahoma struck on November 5, a magnitude 5.6 temblor that buckled a highway and ruptured water pipes. This quake is part of a skyrocketing rise in seismic activity the state has seen in the past three years, leading many to wonder--and worry--about its cause

Xi-Jun Ren and Yang Xiang from Henan Universities in China, in collaboration with Heng Fan at the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, have produced a theory for a quantum cloning machine able to produce several copies of the state of a particle at atomic or sub-atomic scale, or quantum state, in an article about to be published in EPJ D

The state's program will be able to test the theories about whether cap-and-trade reduces pollution without destroying businesses. If it works, expect other states to quickly follow. The U.S

American Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford just fled the country after threats to his safety were made.

A new report details which state governments are doing the most to be energy efficient. Hey, Alabama's not such a fuel-guzzling planet-killer anymore! Energy efficiency--it's all the rage these days. From CFL light bulbs to Energy Star fridges, it's easy to try to reduce your personal energy consumption

Minors in the state of California will no longer be allowed to use tanning beds after Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill on Sunday prohibiting anyone under the age of 18 from using ultraviolet tanning devices.

By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A federal judge has approved a far-reaching settlement giving Montana until 2014 to clean up polluted streams and lakes in 28 watersheds across the state, capping nearly 15 years of legal battles, officials said on Monday. [More]

By Eugenie Samuel Reich of Nature magazine Texas higher-education officials delivered a stern message to physicists yesterday that the state is likely to stick to plans to phase out 'low-performing' physics programs within the next year or two if they cannot demonstrate compelling plans to improve.

A new website and mobile app looks at your purchases and determines the amount of forced labor that's gone into everything you own. The number may surprise you.

By David Cyranoski of Nature magazine There's a showdown brewing in the state of Texas -- and it could get ugly. [More]

By David Cyranoski of Nature magazine There's a showdown brewing in the state of Texas -- and it could get ugly.

Using capitalism instead of just giving aid was the focus of the latest eBay/Ashoka contest. Here are the most interesting and exciting winners

What's a concerned citizen to do? In an effort to reduce the amount of water the state imports, it's now producing an incredibly powerful greenhouse gas while it cleans its wastewater. Here’s a conundrum

Gov. Rick Snyder plans to direct doctors in Michigan to begin monitoring the body weight of their young patients and provide the data to a new state registry, in one of the most extensive government efforts to address the growing problem of pediatric obesity, the Associated Press has learned.