By William Bahnfleth, Professor of Architectural Engineering, Penn State
A German habit has been trending in recent weeks: ‘lüften,’ or airing out your home. It can help older, damp homes in the US – if circumstances are right.
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By Hai Luo, Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba
Laura Funk, Professor of Sociology, University of Manitoba
Malcolm Disbrowe, Graduate Student, University of Manitoba
The Indigenous Seniors Research Committee examined the housing and care needs of Indigenous older adults in Winnipeg, Manitoba. And the evidence suggests a housing crisis that is economic and cultural.
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By Claire Leavitt, Assistant Professor of Government, Smith College
President Donald Trump and Congress agreed to separate funding for the Department of Homeland Security from a larger spending bill that enables the federal government to continue operations. They now face a self-imposed deadline of Feb. 13, 2026, to negotiate potential changes to immigration enforcement.
The fact that funding for the department – and in particular Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE – has become politically…
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By Melinda Laituri, Professor Emeritus of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University
Although women have always been part of the mapping landscape, their contributions to cartography have long been overlooked.
Mapmaking has traditionally featured men, from Mercator’s projection of the world in the 1500s to land surveyors such as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson mapping property in the 1700s,…
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By Corinne Brion, Associate Professor in Educational Administration, University of Dayton
While cellphone bans at schools can help students connect more with peers, they can also make students feel less safe and independent.
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By Caleb H. Wheeler, Senior Lecturer in Law, Cardiff University
The release of more Jeffrey Epstein files has again brought Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and his friendship with the convicted paedophile sex offender back into the spotlight.
The tranche of files contains emails between the former prince, his wife Sarah Ferguson, and Epstein, including after…
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By Stephen Roddy, Lecturer, Radical Humanities Laboratory, Future Humanities Institute, University College Cork
Frank Malina was a lot of things. The Texas-born aeronautical engineer co-designed the first jet-assisted take-off (Jato) rocket and the US’s first operational high-altitude rocket. He co-founded and became director of Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory – and along the way, joined a team of rocket engineers who became known as the “suicide squad” for their risk-taking approach.
Malina was also a pacifist and anti-fascist, a card-carrying member of the Communist party, and a painter and pioneer in the field of kinetic art…
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By Eleftheria Kodosaki, Research Fellow in Neuroimmunology, UCL
Sophie Hicks, PhD Candidate in Neurodegeneration & Neuroinflammation, UCL
Imagine diagnosing one of the most challenging neurological diseases with just a quick finger-prick, a few drops of blood and a test sent in the post. This may sound like science fiction, but we are hoping our research could soon help it become a reality.
Our team at the UK Dementia Research Institute’s Biomarker Factory at UCL are part of the global effort working to develop and validate a test for Alzheimer’s disease. We’re…
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By Hillary Burlock, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History, University of Liverpool
When a silver-clad stranger admits she cannot dance at a masquerade ball in the first episode of Bridgerton’s new season, Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) is both entertained and mystified.
“A lady who cannot dance? Is this a part of the character you are playing tonight? A silver ingenue?” he asks Sophie Baek (Yerin Ha). A lady of the Ton who is unequipped with the vital accomplishments for the “season”? Unthinkable. Today, we are no longer defined by our ability to dance, but in the world of Bridgerton, dance is central to identity and a signifier of social status.
In…
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By Lee Smith, Professor of Public Health, Anglia Ruskin University
Robert MacKinnon, Clinical Scientist and Deputy Head of School, Anglia Ruskin University
According to the New York Post, our research team has discovered a much-overlooked “superfood”: bamboo shoots. Before you rush out to harvest the ornamental bamboo growing in your garden, there are a few things you should know.
We systematically reviewed all the available evidence on bamboo as a food and its effect on human health. The research base turned out to be surprisingly thin – just 16 studies met our criteria, including four trials in people and four that used cells in a dish.…
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