By Andrew Bubak, Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Colorado Anschutz
The pain of post-herpetic neuralgia can drive people to the point of suicide. Researchers are getting closer to pinpointing its cause – which may extend to other forms of neuropathy.
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By Thomas Fauchez, Research Associate Professor of Physics, American University
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched on Aug. 30, 2026, beginning a journey that will take it about a million miles from the Earth. Once there, Roman will study some of the biggest mysteries in astronomy, from dark energy to the formation of galaxies. It will also search for planets around other stars, called exoplanets, but in a rather unusual way.
Roman will be able to find many of these exotic worlds without seeing the…
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By Michael R. Nadorff, Professor of Psychology, Mississippi State University
It might seem like a weird thing to do, but more than two-thirds of people have talked in their sleep at some point.
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By Dov Waxman, Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
Zionism’s definition may seem simple, but it’s been debated for more than a century. In reality, there are multiple ‘Zionisms,’ not just one.
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By William McCorkle, Associate Professor of Social Studies Education, College of Charleston
Beth Lloyd, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education, College of Charleston
School choice heavily influences immigrant students’ experiences in Charleston schools and can leave them in segregated academic environments, new findings show.
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By Tony Cheng, Professor of Forest and Natural Resource Policy, Colorado State University
Matt Thompson, Affiliate Wildfire Scientist, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, Colorado State University
Wildfire strategy tends to break into three distinct camps today, each focusing heavily on one approach over the others. Successful management requires them all.
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By Derek Stanford Hutcheson, Professor of Political Science, Malmö University
The Swedish election has turned into a nail-biter. With the majority of votes counted in the contest for the national parliament, only a few tenths of a percentage point separate the left-leaning opposition “red-green” bloc and the incumbent centre-right coalition. This group is commonly known as the “Tidö” bloc.
The opposition Social Democrats, led by former Swedish prime minister Magdalena Andersson, has emerged as the largest group in parliament. Preliminary results…
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By Jabulani Sikhakhane, Editor, The Conversation
The Conversation Africa has published more than 13,000 articles since it launched in 2015. Written by academics and researchers, these articles have covered topics ranging from political developments to health, climate change, environmental science, education, economics, culture and technology.
All have been free to read, and free for other media to republish.
We will continue to offer them for free. That’s our value proposition: making academic research and expertise freely available.
But it costs money to commission and publish these articles. Thus far,…
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By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
Houthi rebel forces have seized the Yemeni port of Mokha as well as Mayyun Island overlooking the Bab el-Mandab strait. This gives Iran’s most powerful remaining proxy force in the Middle East nearly complete control of Yemen’s entire Red Sea coast.
Directly or indirectly, Tehran now has a chokehold on around 12% of global trade that passes through that waterway. It is also maintaining its pressure on the Strait…
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By Jesse Liu, Assistant Professor of Physics, New York University
Every second, particles zip through your body at nearly the speed of light. They rain down from a storm high in the sky, where cosmic rays, a powerful type of interstellar matter, are constantly striking atoms in Earth’s atmosphere. The impacts break them apart into a shower of particles that rain to the ground.
Scientists have studied these cosmic rainstorms for over a century, but they lack a precise understanding…
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