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Science and Technology August 9, 2022

To break unhealthy habits, stop obsessing over willpower – two behavioral scientists explain why routines matter more than conscious choices

By Asaf Mazar, University of Pennsylvania and Wendy Wood, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] If you’re like…

Science and Technology May 6, 2022

Nanoparticles are the future of medicine – researchers are experimenting with new ways to design tiny particle treatments for cancer

By Duxin Sun, University of Michigan [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When you hear the word “nanomedicine,” it might call to mind scenarios like those…

Science and Technology May 6, 2022

NVIDIA settles for $5.5 million over SEC charges they inadequately disclosed impact of cryptomining on their revenue

NVIDIA Corporation, a giant in the design and manufacture of graphics processing units (GPUs) settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission over charges that the increase in gaming business sales…

Science and Technology May 3, 2022

How hypersonic missiles work and the unique threats they pose – an aerospace engineer explains

By Iain Boyd, University of Colorado Boulder Russia used a hypersonic missile against a Ukrainian arms depot in the western part of the country on March 18, 2022. That might…

Science and Technology April 30, 2022

Blasting out Earth’s location with the hope of reaching aliens is a controversial idea – two teams of scientists are doing it anyway

By Chris Impey, University of Arizona [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] If a person is lost in the wilderness, they have two options. They can…

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Science and Technology April 18, 2022

A large solar storm could knock out the power grid and the internet – an electrical engineer explains how

By David Wallace, Mississippi State University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] On Sept. 1 and 2, 1859, telegraph systems around the world failed catastrophically. The…

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Science and Technology April 8, 2022

Fishing, strip clubs and golf: How male-focused networking in medicine blocks female colleagues from top jobs

By Jennifer R. Grandis, University of California, San Francisco [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Women have been entering academic medicine at nearly the same rate…

Science and Technology April 7, 2022

Repurposing generic drugs can reduce time and cost to develop new treatments – but low profitability remains a barrier

By Jonathan Sexton, University of Michigan [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Discovering new ways to use existing drugs can come about intentionally or by chance….

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Science and Technology April 4, 2022

Brains are bad at big numbers, making it impossible to grasp what a million COVID-19 deaths really means

By Lindsey Hasak, Stanford University and Elizabeth Y. Toomarian, Stanford University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] As of April 2022, there have been nearly 1…

Science and Technology March 22, 2022

Wearing shoes in the house is just plain gross: The verdict from scientists who study indoor contaminants

By Mark Patrick Taylor, Macquarie University and Gabriel Filippelli, IUPUI [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] You probably clean your shoes if you step in something…

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