By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute, Rice University
The ongoing war in Iran has created an expanding zone of risk for shipping, including for Saudi Arabia’s strategy of redirecting oil exports away from Hormuz.
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By Keion Harris, PhD Candidate, University of Michigan
Stephanie Leiser, Director, Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy, University of Michigan
The city of Detroit has hired a senior director of retail attraction to bring national and regional chains into the city.
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By Robin Macaluso, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington
Turns out, changing the way atoms and molecules are arranged in a substance can give it new and fascinating properties.
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By Sundeep Venkatesan, Assistant Professor of Speech and Language Pathology, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Imagine trying to swallow a sip of water while your face feels stuffed with congestion, your sense of taste is dulled and your body is floating 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Earth.
That scenario is part of everyday life for astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
Spaceflight changes the human body in dramatic ways. Muscles…
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By Hasan Ayaz, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University
Ewart J. de Visser, Technical Director, Warfighter Effectiveness Research Center, United States Air Force Academy
Frank Krueger, Professor of Systems Social Neuroscience, George Mason University
Yigit Topoglu, Research Scientist, Warfighter Effectiveness Research Center, United States Air Force Academy
People who interact with expressive robots that make mistakes react with suspicion rather than seeing the bots as malfunctioning machines.
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By Ben Zdencanovic, Assistant Professor of U.S. History, University of Cambridge
For six decades, politicians have blurred the distinction between protecting Medicaid from abuse and using abuse to discredit Medicaid itself.
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By Rasheera Dopson, Graduate Research Assistant in Disability Health, Northern Arizona University
Eric Cerino, Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences, Northern Arizona University
Megan McCoy, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Northern Arizona University
Paulina German, Graduate Research Assistant in Social Work, Northern Arizona University
Specialized health care for brain-related issues can be lacking in rural areas, but collaborative, community-based approaches can help address these inequities.
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By Daniel Kramer, Professor of Conservation, Michigan State University
Madeline Carr, Ph.D. Student in Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University
Climate change, biodiversity loss and water conservation are often framed as problems in need of national policies. However, there is an often more important level of governance: the neighborhood.
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By Sarah J. Morath, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for International Affairs, Wake Forest University
For decades, regular citizens and advocacy groups have filed suits that forced companies and the federal government to clean up the environment. Trump officials have moved to limit that power.
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By Julie M. Norman, Professor of International Relations at UCL | Associate Fellow on the Middle East at Chatham House, UCL
Hamas’s agreement to US president Donald Trump’s disarmament roadmap is welcome news. It potentially unlocks the stalemate that has kept 2 million Gazans living in catastrophic conditions since the ceasefire was announced more than nine months ago.
But there are concerns. Israel is unlikely to accept the plan, as it will…
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