The human circulatory system is a marvel of nature, comprised of 60,000 miles of veins, arteries and capillaries that carry food, oxygen, hormones and other...

DeKalb, IL – Scientists are using new tools that provide a window into the ancient past to better understand how the Grand Canyon’s oldest rocks...

DeKalb, IL – In the 1970s, a small North American diving duck known as the little bluebill or broadbill had an estimated population of 7...

DeKalb, IL – The Central Midwest Water Science Center (CMWSC) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will open a branch office later this semester on the...

An ambitious new program at NIU is working to attract science students from underserved populations who are interested in becoming not just scientists and engineers,...

DeKalb, IL – Spencer Kelham, an NIU physics graduate student, has received a prestigious graduate student research award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science. ...