A Recipe for 3D-Printing Food
WASHINGTON, March 21, 2023 – 3D-printing food could address global challenges in food supply and nutrition. But there are hurdles involved in adapting additive manufacturing to produce […]
Cascading Failures in Urban Traffic Systems Tied to Hidden Bottlenecks
WASHINGTON, March 21, 2023 – Transportation systems in urban settings are vulnerable to a variety of factors including weather, traffic congestion, and special events. Bottlenecks, in particular, […]
Vocal Tract Size, Shape Dictate Speech Sounds
WASHINGTON, March 21, 2023 – Only humans have the ability to use speech. Remarkably, this communication is understandable across accent, social background, and anatomy despite a wide […]
Cleaning Up the Atmosphere with Quantum Computing
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2023 – The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases daily with no sign of stopping or slowing. Too much of civilization depends […]
Simulating Cuts and Burns Reveals Wound Healing and Clearing Power of Fibroblasts
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2023 – Burn wounds are notoriously prone to bacterial infection and typically lead to a larger amount of scar tissue than laceration wounds. In […]
Fighting Intolerance with Physics
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2023 – In a world experiencing growing inequality and intolerance, tools borrowed from science and mathematics could be the key to understanding and preventing […]
Elegantly Modeling Earth’s Abrupt Glacial Transitions
WASHINGTON, March 7, 2023 – Proxy data – indirect records of the Earth’s climate found in unlikely places like coral, pollen, trees, and sediments – show interesting […]
Your Gut’s Microbiome, On a Chip
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2023 – The gut is one of the most complex organs in the body. Inside, it teems with a diverse microbial population that interacts […]
Nanoparticles Self-Assemble to Harvest Solar Energy
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2023 – Solar-thermal technology is a promising environmentally friendly energy harvesting method with a potential role to play in solving the fossil fuel energy […]