By Mark Krasovic, Associate Professor of History and American Studies, Rutgers University - Newark
An armed voter suppression campaign in New Jersey in 1981 finds echoes today in the Trump administration’s persistent efforts to suppress the vote and undermine trust in elections nationwide.
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By Allison Faix, Librarian and Instruction Coordinator, Coastal Carolina University
Samantha Duncan, Instructional Design Librarian, Coastal Carolina University
AI is quickly changing. These tips from university librarians can help people keep pace with the shifts as they approach their research.
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By Christos Makridis, Associate Research Professor of Information Systems, Arizona State University; Institute for Humane Studies
A return to the office can mean very different things to different workers, which is why this debate often produces conflicting answers.
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By Eilis Dowd, Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Galway
Sienna Stucke, PhD Candidate in Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Galway
For millions of years, parasitic worms have had to survive inside animals without being destroyed by their hosts’ immune systems. To do that, they have evolved remarkably effective ways of dampening the immune response.
Scientists are now trying to understand those tricks and work out whether they could be turned into medicines for diseases resulting from overactive immune systems.
Parasitic worms, also known as helminths, include roundworms, tapeworms, hookworms and flukes. Many live and feed in the intestines of their hosts, including humans. They still infect up to
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By Mehri Khosravi, Energy and Carbon Senior Research Fellow, University of East London; United Nations University
Holiday destinations in northern Europe saw a boost in tourist numbers this summer, but for some this throws up new problems.
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By Rachel Rebouché, Professor of Law, The University of Texas at Austin
Ohio, North Carolina and Michigan have open seats on their state supreme court, and these hotly contested races will influence how those courts rule in several high-stakes cases.
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By Matthew Addicoat, Senior Lecturer in Functional Materials, Nottingham Trent University
The 2026 Nobel prize for chemistry has been awarded to two researchers for their work on mirror-image molecules.
Frances’s Henri Kagan and Japan’s Kensō Soai were announced as this year’s winners during a news conference in Stockholm.
Some molecules, like amino acids, the building blocks of proteins in living beings, exist in two forms that are each other’s mirror-image – like our left and right hands. Molecules that are mirror-image in this way are described as chiral, which…
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By Kamran Khan, Associate Professor of Language, Social Justice and Education, School of Education, University of Birmingham
The Holborn and St Pancras byelection takes place on October 8, in the London constituency vacated by former prime minister Keir Starmer. Labour might be hopeful of holding the seat, but the leader of the Green Party Zack Polanski is also on the ballot paper.
During his campaign, Polanski addressed voters in English and in Urdu in a social media video. Last…
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By Scott DeJong, PhD Communication Studies, Concordia University
If the White House wanted to teach the public about ongoing social issues, it could have built video games for its website that consider the various challenges surrounding those issues.
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By Moses Chitete, Agricultural Economist and Research Fellow at the Centre for Agricultural Research and Development, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources
A super El Niño could spell disaster for southern Africa’s bean farmers. Better seeds, water storage and early warnings could help protect the next harvest.
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