While millions of soccer fans are focused on the world's best players during the 2026 Men's World Cup, a big piece of New Jersey is also taking centerstage. Ten of the 16 stadiums hosting matches ...

The turfgrass systems at the 2026 FIFA World Cup were designed in large part by Michigan State's world-renowned turfgrass program. Michigan State professor Trey Rogers' unprecedented turfgrass feat ...

The FIFA World Cup hasn't been hosted in North America since 1994. Naturally, some of the biggest venues in the area, mostly in the U.S., aren't equipped with grass fields. In 1994, the U.S. hosted ...

Hear more about the turfgrass research behind the World Cup pitches in our Science Quickly interview with John Trey Rogers III. Find the episode here. That is the nightmare FIFA has spent years trying ...

While soccer fans watch their favorite teams compete in the World Cup, Rutgers University plant biologists will be looking under the players’ cleats — eyeing the lush, green natural turfgrass they ...

Millions of people will be tuning in to watch some of the best soccer players compete at the FIFA World Cup in just under a month. They'll also be seeing years' worth of work and research by members ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that ...

There are several items to consider when establishing or renovating a lawn. Of course, water, light, soil nutrient levels, and temperature are essential, but one could easily argue that cultivar ...

Golf course managers have much more insight into which fungicides to use to suppress turfgrass diseases, such as the common and costly dollar spot disease, without damaging the grass on their fairways ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—A Mississippi State turfgrass specialist is teaming up with scientists from Auburn University and the University of Georgia to advance Refuge Lawn, a project promoting ...