Cambridge, Massachusetts - When you remember a particular experience, that memory has three critical elements - what, when, and where. MIT neuroscientists have now identified a brain circuit that processes the “when” and “where” components of memory.

Cambridge, Massachusetts - Researchers at MIT and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a new type of catalyst that can be tuned to promote desired chemical reactions, potentially enabling the replacement of expensive and rare metals in fuel cells.

Cambridge, Massachusetts - Around 252 million years ago, life on Earth collapsed in spectacular and unprecedented fashion, as more than 96 percent of marine species and 70 percent of land species disappeared in a geological instant. The so-called end-Permian mass extinction ­- or more commonly, the “Great Dying” - remains the most severe extinction event in Earth’s history.

Seattle, Washington - Bolstering California and China's economic and environmental partnership, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today co-chaired the Third U.S.-China Governors Forum, met with President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China and announced the first Chinese province – Sichuan – to sign on to the Under 2 MOU climate agreement.

Durham, North Carolina - Criminals are far more likely to acquire guns from family and acquaintances than by theft, according to new studies by researchers at Duke University and the University of Chicago.

Washington, DC - Recognizing the critical importance of increasing energy security and access, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and improving resilience in the face of climate change, President Obama and Prime Minister Modi agreed in September 2014 to a new and enhanced strategic partnership on energy security, clean energy, and climate change, including strengthening and expanding the highly successful U.S.-India Partnership to Advance Clean Energy (PACE) and strengthened cooperation on climate change.