Science

After the 2016 outbreak, Penn State researchers collected samples from 26 potato fields in Pennsylvania to study the disease.

A 27-mile stretch of the Delaware River in the areas of Philadelphia and Camden is not safe for swimming. UPenn researchers evaluate how to improve water quality.

As Facebook turns 20, we take a look at how the biggest social media site in the world has changed our lives.

Visual trips to Jupiter, Saturn, the moon and more are available for anyone who walks by Brendan Happe and his telescope.

New Jersey has fined the town $12 million for unauthorized beach repairs that it says could worsen erosion.

The newly approved offshore wind farms will be located about 40 miles off the N.J. coast and generate enough electricity to power 1.8 million homes.

Billions of cicadas will emerge this spring across eastern and southern states as two broods arrive simultaneously for the first time in more than 200 years.

Surgeons externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully filter blood.

Climate-warming greenhouse gasses in the U.S. declined 1.9% last year, but that's only a third of what's needed to meet Paris climate change goals.

Researchers found roughly 240,000 detectable plastic fragments in a typical liter of bottled water. Most of them were nanoplastics — particles less than 1 micrometer in size.

Companies must now notify the EPA if they want to resume the production of certain PFAS chemicals.

Early metaverse pioneers on lessons learned using a 3D virtual platform.

There’s a growing field of academic study where archaeologists study virtual worlds, or work with game developers to recreate historical sites.

Delaware report encourages the state to approach offshore wind with “flexibility” in an uncertain market.

Virtual worlds allow us to reinvent ourselves and build new lives. But some of our troubles follow us there. A look at navigating community, love, and work in digital realms.