NIU STEAM is back to fight a five-alarm blaze burning with question marks: Why can't salt water be used to put out forest fires?

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Kennesaw State University assistant professor Jessica Stephenson Reaves has been named to a prestigious two-year National ...

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Boom Supersonic passed a major milestone Tuesday on its path to reintroduce supersonic commercial flights. After years of ...

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Scientists used an all-optical method to detect and dynamically track the natural vibrational frequencies of a microorganism ...