Clemson University space physicists have traveled around the world to launch rockets to test atmospheric conditions.

Biologists at the University of California, San Diego, working with collaborators at the University of Helsinki in Finland and two other European institutions, have elucidated the mechanism of a plant gene that controls the amount of atmospheric ozone entering a plant’s leaves.

The Chinese government's restrictions on Beijing motorists during a three-day conference last November - widely viewed as a dress rehearsal for efforts to slash smog and airborne pollutants during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing - succeeded in cutting the city's emissions of one important class of atmospheric gases by an impressive 40 percent.