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The Bambara groundnut is a legume cultivated throughout Africa and one of the most important sources of protein throughout the continent. The groundnut can support the growth of other crops by enriching soils through nitrogen fixation. Equipped with a recently published genome, plant breeders and scientists are attempting to improve Bambara groundnut varieties to address food security concerns in semi-arid Africa. Image purchased from Shutterstock.

November 04, 2022

Indigenous Crops May Help Us Survive Climate Change, But How We Talk About Them Matters

An artist's conception of the new Carnegie facility in Pasadena, California courtesy of HOK.

October 03, 2022

California State Funding to Advance Carnegie Climate Research Capabilities

Marilyn Fogel

October 03, 2022

Awards

Carnegie’s Marilyn Fogel Posthumously Honored by AGU For Legacy of Interdisciplinary Research

Artist’s concept illustrating the rhino's decreasing geographical range and loss of genetic variability. Artwork is courtesy of Mark Belan | artscistudios.com.

September 22, 2022

It May Already Be Too Late To Meet U.N. Genetic Diversity Target

ouis and Lore Brown at an annual Carnegie celebration with scientists and members of the Board of Trustees.

September 22, 2022

Physicist’s Estate to Advance Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry at Carnegie

Mike Walter Portrait

September 07, 2022

Awards

Carnegie’s Michael Walter Honored By American Geophysical Union

The seismology group in 1990. Back row left to right: Fred Pollitz, Paul Silver, Selwyn Sacks, Gotz Bokelmann, Michael Acierno, Craig Bina, David James, Alan Linde. Front row left to right: Satoshi Kaneshima, Randy Kuehnel, and Chris Kincaid. Courtesy of Carnegie Institution for Science.

September 06, 2022

Campus News

Michael Acierno's retirement speech

A photograph of the Magellan Telescopes at Carnegie's Las Campanas Observatory in Chile.

September 06, 2022

Transformative $34.8 Million Bequest Will Drive New Era in Astronomical Discovery at Carnegie

Postdocs and scientists cheer on Rapids Bridge in Rock Creek Park during Postdoc Appreciation Day

September 06, 2022

Campus News

Welcoming the 2022 class of postdoctoral fellows

SURI 2022

September 06, 2022

Campus News

From chondrite characterization to deep-sea microbes: SURI interns present their research at final symposium