Science

A contract worker at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant fell into a reactor cavity on Tuesday while performing work inside the containment building.

Scientists from Michigan State University are debunking online rumors that a comet from another solar system might be a UFO. Researchers say that’s pure speculation. It’s definitely a comet with no credible reason to believe otherwise.

The Great Lakes are one of the most important economic drivers in Michigan, yet we know more about the surface of the moon than the floor of the lakes, according to the Great Lakes Observing System.

There's currently no tracking program for microplastics in the Great Lakes.

They're asking for help from anglers to improve models that predict ice thickness on the Great Lakes.

The Alpena-Amberley Ridge is an ongoing archaeology project in Lake Huron that looks at a 9,000 year old hunter-gather site. The lead researchers on this project have returned to Alpena for their 16th year of investigation.

Dr. Eva L. Feldman from the ALS Center of Excellence at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor said they are tackling the disease from many angles.

Wolf and moose populations are stabilizing on the only national park in Michigan.

The LSSU student-faculty duo hopes the sequenced genome of the freshwater sponge Corvomeyenia everetti will help fight off future invasive species.

New research could synthesize the biological antifreeze chemicals that keep some frogs, insects, and fish from freezing in extreme cold. The potential is environmentally-friendly de-icers.