By Athina Vlachantoni, Professor of Gerontology and Social Policy, University of Southampton
Maria Evandrou, Professor of Gerontology, University of Southampton
About two-thirds of people in the UK will become grandparents during their lifetime. Half of those grandparents will provide some form of care to their grandchildren. But who makes up that half depends on a number of factors. One of these is ethnicity.
Understanding the extent to which parents from different communities in society rely on other people – such as paid-for childcare or their own parents – for the care of their children is an important question from a number of perspectives.
It…
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By Carol Mathews, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Florida
Stephen V. Faraone, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University
ADHD symptoms occur on a continuum and can fluctuate dramatically based on life circumstances such as transitions to middle school, stress levels and even sleep.
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By Julia Gaffield, Associate Professor of History, William & Mary
Historian Julia Gaffield discusses her recent biography on Haiti’s first leader, whose life she argues was unfairly tarnished by biased verdicts of history.
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By Uwe Bergmann, Professor of Ultrafast X-Ray Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Thomas Linker, Associate Scientist, SLAC Computational Beamline, Stanford University
Super short X-ray pulses help scientists study materials at the atomic level. Researchers found that certain lasing effects can make these pulses even shorter.
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By Richard J. Price, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia
Ultrasound is perhaps best known as an imaging technique to monitor pregnancy or disease. When these sound waves are highly concentrated, however, they can be used to treat a host of diseases.
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By Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, Professor of Law, George Washington University
Police are getting a boost from artificial intelligence, with algorithms now able to draft police reports in minutes. The technology promises to make police reports more accurate and comprehensive, as well as save officers time.
The idea is simple: Take the audio transcript from a body camera worn by a police officer and use the predictive text capabilities of large language models to write a formal police report that could become…
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By Caitlin Cavanagh, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University
Detroit is seeing declines in violent crime, but 33% more young people were victims of gun violence in the city so far in 2025 compared with the previous year, according to local police.
Mayor Mike Duggan and the Detroit Police Department responded by introducing the Summer…
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By Andrew Muhammad, Professor of Agriculture and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee
Adam Taylor, Professor of Natural Resources, University of Tennessee
Lumber, especially softwood lumber like pine and spruce, is critical to U.S. home construction. Its availability and price directly affect housing costs and broader economic activity in the building sector. The U.S. imports about 40% of the softwood lumber the nation uses each year, more than 80% of that from Canada.
President Donald Trump says that the U.S. has the capacity to meet
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By Christine Keiner, Chair, Department of Science, Technology, and Society, Rochester Institute of Technology
The Erie Canal solidified New York’s reputation as the Empire State, but it also opened up an expressway for invasive species to reach the Great Lakes and Hudson River.
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By Randy Stein, Associate Professor of Marketing, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Abraham Rutchick, Professor of Psychology, California State University, Northridge
Why do some people endorse claims that can easily be disproved? It’s one thing to believe false information, but another to actively stick with something that’s obviously wrong.
Our new research, published in the Journal of Social Psychology, suggests that some people consider it a “win” to lean in to known falsehoods.
We are social…
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