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trying to catch a dollar bill
Society & Culture
February 7, 2014 | 10:13 pm

Sorry, cities: No strength in numbers

Urban legislators have long lamented that they do not get their fair share of bills passed in state governments, often blaming rural and suburban interests for blocking their efforts. Now a new study confirms one of those suspicions but surprisingly refutes the other.

topics: Department of Political Science, economy, Gerald Gamm, politics, research finding,
a cat's shadow
Science & Technology
January 20, 2014 | 06:13 pm

Peeking into Schrödinger’s box

How do you measure a 27-dimensional quantum state, when the act of measuring can lead to its collapse? (photo by Flickr user Martin Cathrae)

topics: optics, research finding, Robert Boyd,
glowing stars in dust
Science & Technology
November 27, 2013 | 08:40 pm

Secret to Peanut-Shaped Star Orbits Peeled Away

Alice Quillen, professor of astronomy, and collaborators have created a mathematical model of what might be happening at the center of the Milky Way.

topics: Alice Quillen, Department of Physics and Astronomy, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
mom and child
Science & Technology
November 8, 2013 | 03:56 pm

Depression Therapy Effective for Poor, Minority Moms

The study tested the effectiveness of interpersonal psychotherapy, a short-term depression treatment that has worked with more advantaged populations. The comparison was clear: home-based, interpersonal psychotherapy lifted depression much more effectively than standard care.

topics: mental health, Mt. Hope Family Center, parenting, research finding, Sheree Toth,
girl waving hand in front of her face
Science & Technology
October 31, 2013 | 09:51 pm

‘Seeing’ in the Dark

The eerie ability to see our hand in the dark suggests that the brain combines information from different senses to create perceptions.

topics: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Duje Tadin, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
blue and green glowing chip
Science & Technology
October 28, 2013 | 06:51 pm

Super-thin membranes portend tiny pumps

A super-thin silicon membrane could pave the way for diagnostic devices the size of a credit card.

topics: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, James McGrath, Materials Science Program, nanotechnology, research finding,
tweets about food illness overlaying a cityscape
Science & Technology
August 8, 2013 | 06:59 pm

Tracking Tweets to Enhance Food Safety

The system combines machine-learning and crowdsourcing techniques to analyze millions of tweets to find people reporting food poisoning symptoms following a restaurant visit.

topics: data science, Department of Computer Science, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Henry Kautz, public health, research finding, social media,
grid showing circularly placed colored points
Science & Technology
July 23, 2013 | 05:04 pm

New Type of Neutrino Oscillation Confirmed

The new finding could help explore a fundamental question of science – why is the universe made up almost exclusively of matter, when matter and antimatter were created in equal amounts in the Big Bang?

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, global engagement, Kevin McFarland, quantum science, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
geckos
Science & Technology
July 10, 2013 | 07:07 pm

Madagascar No Longer an Evolutionary Hotspot

Daniel Scantlebury calls Madagascar “an ideal evolutionary laboratory” for studying species formation because it has long been isolated and geologically stable relative to other regions.

topics: Department of Biology, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,