Graduation rates dip across US as pandemic stalls progress

High school graduation rates dipped in at least 20 states after the first full school year disrupted by the pandemic, suggesting the coronavirus may have ended nearly two decades of nationwide progress toward getting more ...

A new type of infrared polaritons at the surface of bulk crystals

An international team has reported in Nature the first observation of ghost polaritons, which are a new form of surface waves carrying nanoscale light strongly coupled with material oscillations and featuring highly collimated ...

Do we all understand coronavirus news coverage?

Since COVID-19 emerged as a global crisis, the news has been dominated by graphs and terms like "R numbers" and "exponential growth," referring to the rate of spread of the disease. To what extent does the average adult understand ...

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