Carnegie Science empowers our investigators to pursue the biggest questions of our time, advancing discoveries that transform our understanding of life, planets, and the broader universe. Our research ...

Carnegie's newest scientific division, Biosphere Sciences & Engineering, is devoted to disrupting the traditional, siloed perspective on research in the life sciences and pursuing an integrated ...

Founded in 1903, Carnegie's former Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill gave birth to the fields of plant physiology and ecology. Founded in 2002, Carnegie's Department of Global Ecology played a ...

The conversion of light energy into chemical by photosynthesis yields approximately 100 terawatts of power annually: six times the power consumption of human civilization! The best-studied plant ...

For more than a century, Carnegie Science has empowered visionary investigators to demonstrate intellectual courage, challenge conventional ideas, and transform the world. Our organization was ...

From genomes to ecosystems and from planets to the cosmos, Carnegie Science is an incubator for cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research that is expanding our knowledge of all that is around us. On a ...

Our sense of touch is the earliest to develop, last to fade, and least understood of the five basic senses. The gentlest breeze and the roughest sandpaper are detected by mechanoreceptor neurons ...

Carnegie Observatories is seeking undergraduate students interested in paid scientific research internships during the 2025 summer. We invite applications from all students enrolled in institutes of ...