By Weizhi Deng, Ph.D. Student in Atmospheric and Environmental Science, University of Iowa
Jun Wang, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Iowa
Meng Zhou, Researcher in Atmospheric and Earth Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The US had been reducing surface-level ozone, a harmful pollutant and the main component of smog, but that changed as wildfire activity picked up around 2015.
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By Michael J. Highfield, Provost and Executive Vice President, Mississippi College; Mississippi State University
Investors’ inflation expectations, much more than the central bank, are among the factors that affect the cost of home loans.
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By Pamela Beach, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Queen's University, Ontario
Kristy Timmons, Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education, Queen's University, Ontario
The best part of having fun with rhymes and words, noticing letters and reading together is that interactions build both early literacy skills and family connections.
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By Amnesty International
Amnesty International calls for the immediate and unconditional release of civilians being held hostage by armed groups in Manipur, warning that their continued captivity reflects a deepening human rights crisis amid the authorities’ ongoing failure to protect people from escalating ethnic violence in the state. Twenty people have been taken hostage by armed groups from the Kuki and Naga communities in Manipur following escalating inter-ethnic tensions […] The post India: Release all hostages and end cycle of violence in Manipur appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
The Egyptian authorities must immediately halt the unjust prosecutions of three human rights activists arrested solely for organizing a peaceful event calling for the release of those arbitrarily detained, Amnesty International said today. On 25 May, Egyptian police arrested pharmacist Hanan Altantawy, and lawyers Mohamed Abu al-Dayyar and Wafaa al-Masry, all members of the informal group the Committee to Defend Prisoners of Conscience (CDPC), for the group’s involvement in organizing a public event in Cairo two weeks earlier highlighting cases of people unjustly detained for political reasons. Altantawy and al-Masry were…
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By Khachatur Manukyan, Associate Research Professor of Physics & Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
Ben Franklin led an effort to print paper bills in the American colonies, after a coin shortage constrained the economy.
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By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
Tetyana Malyarenko, Professor of International Security, Jean Monnet Professor of European Security, National University Odesa Law Academy
Russia has launched its biggest drone and missile strikes of the war to date. But Ukraine has hit back effectively.
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By Christian Emery, Associate Professor in International Politics, UCL
To understand where talks on ending the war between the US and Iran currently stand, all we can confidently assume is that Donald Trump’s pronouncements offer no guide. The US president said an agreement had been “largely negotiated” on May 23.
That proposal would have reopened the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for sanctions relief and the unfreezing of Iranian assets. But it would not have immediately extracted concessions on Iran’s…
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By Stéphane Besançon, Associate Professor in Global Health at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM) / CEO NGO Santé Diabète, Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM)
David Beran, Chercheur et professeur au sein du Service de médecine tropicale et humanitaire des Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG), Université de Genève
Today millions of diabetic patients across the world do not have access to insulin. Why and how can governments reverse this phenomenon?
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By Keyvan Hosseini, Research Fellow, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton
Dawn-Marie Walker, Associate Professor, University of Southampton
Governments and car manufacturers sell electric cars as the future of green transport. But a less visible trend is challenging this story: many electric cars are getting bigger.
The International Energy Agency recently reported that larger models, including sports utility vehicles (SUVs), are taking up a major share of electric car markets.…
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