Since the early days of “citizen science,” many have wondered just how helpful a group of untrained people can be. The recent boom in citizen science projects has been lauded as a great way to both ...

Early results of citizen science projects in India, fed by thousands of people reporting wildlife sightings, are benefitting some vulnerable and ecologically important species. Citizen science, which ...

Seven high school seniors from Westchester are taking their research to the national stage after applying to one of the ...

Opening science to public participation, the “citizen science” mode of research, has stimulated a diversity of projects that have led to real innovation and changes in behavior. It has done more than ...

Citizen science projects, where people with no formal training are asked to participate in research, have scored some notable successes. FoldIt, which makes a game out of solving the configuration of ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) two highly competitive Microelectronics Science Research Center projects. PPPL researchers will lead two ...

Young English learners face a two-fold challenge in learning to read. They need to learn how to map spoken sounds to written letters, the phonics skills that allow them to decode words on the page, ...