| Anne Nardi

Today, the Oxford University Press released The Oxford Handbook of the Science of Science Communication.

Energy & Society, Science Communication

| Leslie Shown

In the world of biofuels research, the baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae gets a lot of love, with scientists commonly tweaking the yeast’s fermentative qualities to enhance ethanol production.

Transportation & Fuels, Conversion

| Cate Johnson

On May 23, 2017, President Trump delivered his first budget request to Congress. In his $4.1 trillion spending plan, he hopes to control spending and put the U.S. on a long-term path towards a balanced budget.

Energy & Society, Policy & Regulation

| David Tannenbaum

A “capstone class” taught at the Wisconsin Energy Institute is helping the Wisconsin city of Waterloo evaluate whether it could generate all its electricity from renewable sources on city-owned land.

Education & Outreach

| Chris Barncard

Winter is no time to flower, which is why so many plants have evolved the ability to wait for the snow to melt before investing precious resources in blooms.

Transportation & Fuels, Plant Genetics & Breeding

| Silke Schmidt

Wastewater treatment plants have a PR problem: People don’t like to think about what happens to the waste they flush down their toilets.

Water

| Chris Barncard

When Max Haase set out for a walk in Green Bay’s Baird Creek Nature Preserve on a May day in 2015, it was pretty normal stuff.

Transportation & Fuels, Plant Deconstruction