To understand what makes a location good for aging in place, researchers compared small towns in Iowa.

Corporations restrict what farmers can do with their own seeds, as well as their farm equipment when it breaks down.

If the EV transition focuses exclusively on drivers in privately owned cars, it won’t meet many Americans’ mobility needs, particularly in underserved communities.

More Americans are buying groceries at dollar stores, which often means getting food that's low in nutrition and high in calories.

When rural hospitals close, bystander emergency rooms elsewhere see an increase in visits, new research finds.

Ensuring that billions of dollars of federal funding for broadband service are well spent – and that consumers get what they pay for – comes down to knowing the actual speeds internet users experience.

People living in rural US are more likely to smoke cigarettes and less likely to quit, according to a new study looking at data from 2010 to 2020.

Primary care doctors have long played an important role in providing birth control. Now, with the fall of Roe, they could help fill a critical need for comprehensive family planning services.

The Agricultural Internet of Things is making farming more efficient. An information technology expert describes some of the challenges of working with sensors and antennas underground.

Stemming the water crisis in the western US will require cities and rural areas to work together to make water use on farms – the largest source of demand – more efficient.