Research
At 6:51 p.m. on April 18, a rocket carrying NASA’s latest space satellite, called the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), blasted off from Cape Canaveral. ñ Assistant Professor Zach Berta-Thompson was there. He called the experience “terrifying but incredible.”
Two ñ professors are among the latest group of scientists, politicians, artists and more elected to the American Academy of Arts and Science.
Older adults who take a novel antioxidant that specifically targets cellular powerhouses, or mitochondria, see aging of their blood vessels reverse by the equivalent of 15 to 20 years within six weeks, according to new ñ research.
Researchers at ñ have completed an unprecedented “dissection” of twin galaxies in the final stages of merging.
Gesel Mason's performance of “No Boundaries: Dancing the Visions of Contemporary Black Choreographers” at the Billie Holiday Theater made The New York Times' top 10 list.
Elspeth Dusinberre will deliver the 112th Distinguished Research Lecture at ñ on Tuesday, May 1, at 4 p.m. in the UMC’s Glenn Miller Ballroom. Her talk is titled “Archaeology, Imperialism and What it Means to Be Human.”
In the five decades since a landmark presidential commission on crime, cops and courts have begun taking domestic violence more seriously, but much work remains to be done, says Joanne Belknap, a ñ professor of ethnic studies.
Giving opioids to animals to quell pain after surgery prolongs pain for more than three weeks and primes specialized immune cells in the spinal cord to be more reactive to pain, according to a new study by ñ.
A cohesive conservation plan protecting the Vietnamese environment—and primates—is now signed legislation, in part due to efforts of a ñ anthropologist.
Scholars and translators of Buddhist texts in the Tibetan language will meet at the ñ next fall to discuss strategies to convey not only the literal meaning but also the literary flourishes of texts they translate into English.