Morehouse Instrument Company is a leader in torque and force calibration. The company provides government and private labs across the country with reliable calibration equipment, services, and ...

Astronomers once struggled to measure the true size of the universe. Then came the discovery of Type Ia supernovae — explosions so consistent in brightness they could serve as “standard candles.” By ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A taxpayers’ rights group is pushing a ballot measure that would change how local governments in California raise money, saying it would restore protections promised in ...

Ph.D. student Parastoo Farajpoor and Digital Agriculture Laboratory Director Alireza Pourreza using the Leaf Monitor tool in a Bullseye Farms almond orchard near Davis. The AI-based tool can measure ...

In a world where powerful men seem free to behave corruptly, hypocritically, and with almost complete sexual incontinence, a Shakespearean play in which powerful men behave corruptly, hypocritically, ...

Whether you treat your morning coffee like a sacred ritual or just a caffeine delivery system, nobody wants a bad cup. If your coffee is a gamble every morning -- sometimes great, sometimes watery, ...

A new method for quantifying grandeur is reshuffling the pecking order of the planet’s most impressive peaks. Turns out Everest has steep competition. Mount Everest, left, tops out at 29,032 feet ...

In 1876, Peter Guthrie Tait set out to measure what he called the “beknottedness” of knots. The Scottish mathematician, whose research laid the foundation for modern knot theory, was trying to find a ...

Our bodies do not age at a uniform rate. The speed at which one organ ages can differ greatly from another due to a range of lifestyle, environmental and genetic factors. Conventional tests provide a ...

The move strips the government of its main gauge of hunger in America, and will impede efforts to track the impact of aid cuts. By Jason DeParle Reporting from Washington Two months after pushing ...