Research in Action

Engineers will test a scaled-down shipping crane to massive earthquake forces.

Engineers get ready to shake a six-story condominium building

Even the largest shark on record needed a "safe-zone" for its young.

Insect robot creation method inspired by children's pop-up books.

Put a school of starving piranha and a 300-pound (130 kilogram) fish together, and who comes out the winner?

See the Pescadores Fault before and after a quake.

We know less about small species like the anemonefish than larger animals.

Researchers are studying the resistance of monkeys and apes to Alzheimer's in order to protect human brains from the devastating disease.

Researchers discovered that manganese, a metal and an essential nutrient, helps protect cells against certain toxins.

The tiny water bacterium Caulobacter crescentus secretes a sugary substance so sticky that just a tiny bit could hold several cars together.