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Materials Science Oct 9, 2019

Three win Nobel in Chemistry for work on lithium-ion batteries

If you're reading this on a mobile phone or laptop computer, you might thank this year's three laureates for the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on lithium-ion batteries.

Social Sciences Sep 7, 2019

Gender discrimination holding women back in veterinary practice

Women face discrimination and occupy fewer places in the higher reaches of the veterinary profession, even as they begin to outnumber men in the field.

Archaeology Aug 30, 2019

Burned buildings reveal sacking of ancient Turkish city 3,500 years ago

More than 3,500 years ago, a rising kingdom called the Hittite Empire was expanding, testing the limits of its strength. It would soon destroy Babylon, but first, its army sacked and burned a city nestled in the mountains ...

Social Sciences Aug 29, 2019

Deaths of prominent life scientists tend to be followed by a surge in highly cited research by newcomers

The famed quantum physicist Max Planck had an idiosyncratic view about what spurred scientific progress: death. That is, Planck thought, new concepts generally take hold after older scientists with entrenched ideas vanish ...

Education Aug 26, 2019

How high schools can foster 'deeper learning'

Jal Mehta, professor of education at the Graduate School of Education (GSE), and Sarah Fine, Ed.M. '13, Ed.D. '17, visited 30 innovative public high schools across the country to examine where students were experiencing what ...

Plants & Animals Aug 12, 2019

Maggots as recyclers and protein sources

Black soldier fly maggots provide a zero waste option for organic recycling, according to Jeff Tomberlin, Ph.D., professor in the department of entomology at Texas A&M University and director of EVO Conversion Systems, LLC.

Earth Sciences Aug 6, 2019

The California coast is disappearing under the rising sea: Our choices are grim

The California coast grew and prospered during a remarkable moment in history when the sea was at its tamest.

Optics & Photonics Jul 2, 2019

The world's first high-intensity laser pulses shaped like a corkscrew

University of California San Diego researchers have calculations for how to create high-intensity twisted laser beams—a flavor of laser pulse the world has likely never seen. These researchers also have done the math on ...

Energy & Green Tech Jul 1, 2019

Video game designer establishes lab for renewable energy

A Dutch video game designer and entrepreneur has established a laboratory on the Big Island that is focused on developing alternatives to fossil fuels for energy, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported.

Social Sciences Jun 7, 2019

How streaming media could change our minds on cultural differences

The influence of digital technology is most significant in how we experience culture and identity. Think about the use of streaming media.

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