By Mervin XuYang Lim, Ph.D. Student in Chemical Engineering, University of Arizona
Desalination of seawater and sewage treatment plants leave behind water that contains high concentrations of salt, metals and other contaminants. What if that water could be separated from the rest?
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By Thomas A. DuBois, Professor of Scandinavian Studies, Folklore, and Religious Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
At the outset of the Kalevala, Finland’s national epic, a singer bemoans his separation from a beloved friend who grew up beside him. Today, the friends rarely meet “näillä raukoilla rajoilla, poloisilla Pohjan mailla” – lines which translator Keith Bosley renders “on these poor borders, the luckless lands of the North.”
The Kalevala, a poetic masterpiece of nearly 23,000 lines, first appeared in 1835. Now, nearly 200 years later, those “luckless…
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By Grace Mackleby, Research scientist of Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California
Jeff Marr, Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown University
The pilot, launched in January 2026 in 6 states, could reduce wasteful spending, but increases provider paperwork and risks patient access to necessary care.
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By E. Andrew Taylor, Associate Professor and Director of Arts Management, American University
While the center’s need for major upgrades is real, the dramatic and disruptive closure of the entire campus isn’t in order, a scholar of arts institutions explains.
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By Bess Rowen, Assistant Professor of Theatre, Villanova University
The new subscription model shows how local theaters can work together to build audiences instead of treating each other as competition.
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By Bingbing Zhang, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa
Informing people about political deepfakes through text-based information and interactive games both improve people’s ability to spot AI-generated video and audio that falsely depict politicians, according to a study my colleagues and I conducted.
Although researchers have focused primarily on advancing technologies for detecting deepfakes, there is also a need for approaches that address the potential audiences for political deepfakes. Deepfakes are becoming increasingly difficult to identify, verify and combat…
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By Katrina Kosec, Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University
Cecilia Hyunjung Mo, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
When floodwaters washed away Woudou Oumar’s home in northern Cameroon, he and his family lost not only shelter but hope. Then a government-supported cash transfer arrived. “The money transfer was a real boost for me and my family,” he says, explaining how he rebuilt his house, bought seeds for farming, paid for his daughters’ schooling, covered his son’s medical care after the disaster, and became more hopeful.
Stories like Woudou’s highlight how social transfers can shape more than incomes:…
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By Nwamaka Okeke-Ogbuafor, Lecturer in Global Sustainable Development, University of Glasgow
Salieu Kabba Sankoh, Research Fellow/Lecturer, University of Sierra Leone
Wild fish sustain life in Sierra Leone’s fishing towns, but declining stocks mean fish farming is needed. However, fishing communities distrust farmed fish.
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By Andrea Webster, Snr research fellow, University of Pretoria
Studying how much soil herbivores eat shows which species are vulnerable to toxic element exposure from natural or human sources – a useful guide for conservation.
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By Anayawa Nyambe, Medical Scientist and researcher, University of Zambia
Farming is central to life in Zambia, with about 60% of the country’s labour force relying on rain-fed agriculture for their livelihood or income. Seasonal rains shape planting and harvesting, and temperatures can rise to 40°C. On small farms, men generally manage livestock such as cattle and cash crops like maize,…
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