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New research explores how food insecurity affects stress and mental health
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 13.5% of American households experienced food insecurity at some time during…
Study finds link between brain injury and criminal behavior
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School found that damage to a…
New IQ research shows why smarter people make better decisions
A new study from the University of Bath’s School of Management has found that individuals with a higher…
Researchers search for ultralight dark matter using a magnetically levitated particle
Dark matter, although invisible, is believed to comprise most of the universe’s total mass. One theory suggests that…
UC research reveals complex roots of disordered eating in college students
New research with University of Cincinnati connections debunks the standard assumption of disordered eating and proposes more personalized…
NASA to Welcome Fourth Private Astronaut Mission to Space Station
As part of NASA’s efforts to expand access to space, four private astronauts are in orbit following the…
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MIT physicist Rainer Weiss shares Nobel Prize in physics
LIGO inventor and professor emeritus of physics recognized “for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.” (CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) — Rainer Weiss ’55, PhD ’62, professor emeritus of physics at MIT, has won the Nobel Prize in physics for 2017. Weiss wins half the prize, sharing the other half of the […]
International Cooperation Agreement between Nepal and CERN
The Government of Nepal and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) signed an International Cooperation Agreement concerning scientific and technical cooperation in high-energy physics and related areas in Geneva…
30-year collaboration earns UW climatologist China’s top science honor
University of Wisconsin–Madison climatologist John Kutzbach has been awarded China’s highest scientific honor for foreigners in recognition of 30 years of collaboration that has advanced both American and Chinese climate…
Creating a digital cure for epilepsy
HOUSTON – A team of Rice engineering students recently took top honors and a $5,000 prize for its development of a potential digital cure for epilepsy. Epilepsy is a neurological…
