Amid spiraling violence, criminologist studies new approaches to gun crime

While studying street gangs as part of his Ph.D. in Chicago in the late ’90s, an…

Speeding up drug discovery with diffusion generative models

With the release of platforms like DALL-E 2 and Midjourney, diffusion generative models have achieved mainstream…

Study quantifies $562M in financial risk from Hurricane Florence

When Hurricane Florence made landfall on North Carolina’s coast in 2018, it brought record rainfall causing…

Hope for salamanders? Study recalibrates climate change effects

For tiny salamanders squirming skin-to-soil, big-picture weather patterns may seem as far away as outer space.…

Engineered E. coli delivers therapeutic nanobodies to the gut

Humans are colonized with thousands of bacterial strains. Researchers are now focused on genetically modifying such…

A 'power boost' for customers is key to enhancing engagement and well-being, suggests study

Customers who feel powerless in their relationship with a company are likely to disengage from the…

Seeing is more than believing: Exploring 'de Sitter space' to explain gravity in the expanding early universe

Having more tools helps; having the right tools is better. Utilizing multiple dimensions may simplify difficult…

How exceptional weather conditions are turning European forests brown

Increasing summer heat and drought are affecting European forests—some years, trees brown prematurely and some even…

Academic institutions receive lower financial returns from biotechnology licenses than commercial firms

The financial terms of biotechnology licenses from academic institutions are significantly less favorable than those of…

Remote working: How a surge in digital nomads is pricing out local communities around the world

For eight years I have studied digital nomadism, the millennial trend for working remotely from anywhere…