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B.C. set for a warm summer, but 2021 heat wave unlikely

Jun 22, 2023

set for a warm summer, but 2021 heat wave unlikely Q&AsB.C. is unlikely to see another heat wave on the scale of the devastating 2021 event this summer, but it...

Envisioning the future of computing

Jun 22, 2023

How will advances in computing transform human society? MIT students contemplated this impending question as part of the Envisioning the Future of Computing Prize — an essay contest in which...

UNSW Sydney awarded more than $3m for ARC Linkage Projects

Jun 21, 2023

The Australian Research Council (ARC) has awarded nine grants to UNSW Sydney researchers totalling more than $3 million in Linkage Projects. “With nine ARC Linkage grants this round, UNSW is...

Environmental risks and opportunities of orphaned oil and gas wells

Jun 21, 2023

These inactive wells represent environmental risks since they have the potential to contaminate water supplies, degrade ecosystems, and emit methane and other air pollutants that are harmful to human health....

At MIT, taekwondo captures students’ minds, hands, and hearts

Jun 21, 2023

“That’s important because high levels of performance are always expected for MIT students, but this is something they’re supposed to be bad at in the beginning,” he says. In the...

Mapping cities in motion

Jun 21, 2023

“Used correctly, maps can be irreplaceable tools for democracy,” says Carlo Ratti, director of the Senseable City Lab. But using mapping is not just a matter of technocratic fixes: Revealing...

Clean, sustainable fuels made ‘from thin air’ and plastic waste

Jun 20, 2023

The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, developed a solar-powered reactor that converts captured CO2 and plastic waste into sustainable fuels and other valuable chemical products. Unlike earlier tests of...

Using maths to fight disease

Jun 20, 2023

Applied maths for disease controlWe gathered five of the PhDs in the Math4SDG project to tell us more about their PhD projects. My PhD project was motivated by an increase...

Using mathematics to fight disease

Jun 20, 2023

Applied maths for disease controlWe gathered five of the PhDs in the Math4SDG project to tell us more about their PhD projects. My PhD project was motivated by an increase...

Hopkins AITC announces awardees of second funding round

Jun 17, 2023

The Johns Hopkins Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory for Aging Research (JH AITC) has announced its second round of grant funding, totaling just over $1 million, to support artificial intelligence...