Tag: innovation and invention
Taking fish out of fish feed can make aquaculture a more...
Pallab Sarker, University of California, Santa Cruz
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
Aquaculture, or fish farming, is the...
Workers are looking for direction from management – and any map...
Scott F. Latham, University of Massachusetts Lowell and Beth Humberd, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Over eight months ago, with haste and necessity, workers and organizations...
Smart concrete could pave the way for high-tech, cost-effective roads
Luna Lu, Purdue University and Vishal Saravade, Purdue University
Every day, Americans travel on roads, bridges and highways without considering the safety or reliability of...
How a government-linked foundation could speed the spread of new clean-energy...
David M. Hart, George Mason University
To address climate change over the coming decades, all nations will need to transition to energy resources that emit...
A tiny circular racetrack for light can rapidly detect single molecules
Judith Su, University of Arizona
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
My Little Sensor Lab at the University of...
Designing batteries for easier recycling could avert a looming e-waste crisis
Zheng Chen, University of California San Diego and Darren H. S. Tan, University of California San Diego
As concern mounts over the impacts of climate...
Live bacteria spray is showing promise in treating childhood eczema
Ian Myles, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Here’s a shorthand way to think of my research: Using bugs as drugs may one day...
How the Civil War drove medical innovation – and the pandemic...
Jeffrey Clemens, University of California San Diego
The current COVID-19 pandemic, the largest public health crisis in a century, threatens the health of people across...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
