By Diego Hernandez-Saavedra, Assistant Professor of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yi-Heng (Hank) Huang, Ph.D. Candidate in Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
‘Use it or lose it’ isn’t quite true when it comes to the health benefits of exercise. Cells across the body retain a memory of training that lasts longer than once thought.
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By Michael Hout, Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Psychology, New Mexico State University
Arryn Robbins, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Richmond
Modern AI owes its existence to both cognitive and computer science. What you envision as its origin story can influence how you understand what large language models can do.
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By Donald Heflin, Executive Director of the Edward R. Murrow Center and Senior Fellow of Diplomatic Practice, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Just before leaving town on Sept. 30, 2026, U.S. senators confirmed 10 new ambassadors. Among those nodded through before Congress closed for an extended midterm recess were new U.S. ambassadors for Kenya, Nicaragua, Malaysia and Kyrgyzstan.
That’s commendable – many of those countries hold geographical or strategic importance for U.S. diplomacy. But it still leaves 92 out of 196 ambassador jobs…
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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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