New psychoactive substances (NPS) are a class of artificially designed and synthesized chemical substances designed to mimic the pharmacological effects of traditional drugs. They are characterized by ...

Scientists may have been unknowingly inflating microplastics pollution estimates, and the surprising source could be their own lab gloves. A University of Michigan study found that common nitrile and ...

Department of Defense awards Rocket Lab $190 million under Kratos-led hypersonics contract. Rocket Lab will launch 20 HASTE suborbital rocket missions at a cost of $9.5 million each. "Just in Time for ...

It seems like every day a new study finds tiny plastic particles called microplastics where they should not be: in our bodies and our food, water and air. Yet finding and identifying microplastics is ...

KENT — When she was teaching middle school math, Tracy Drinkwater accompanied her students on field trips. She went on field trips with her own kids, too. But they were never math-related. “That’s a ...

Apple’s story: Some animals don’t ask for much. They just quietly wait, hoping someone will see them. Apple entered a shelter as a stray. She had no known history, no one looking for her – just a pair ...

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Back in 1907, American ...

Google on Friday unveiled its plan for its Chrome browser to secure HTTPS certificates against quantum computer attacks without breaking the Internet. The objective is a tall order. The ...

Norton Healthcare is opening a new islet cell lab to treat chronic pancreatitis and research a cure for Type 1 diabetes. The first phase will treat pancreatitis by transplanting a patient's own islet ...

Toward the end of a math lesson on a sunny Friday in October, fourth-grade teacher D’Atra Howard and math instructional coach LaVeda Gray ducked out of the classroom to huddle. Howard’s students at ...