November 7, 2023
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Higher education can be elusive for asylum-seekers and immigrants
A study found that refugees want more guidance on how to navigate higher education in the U.S. FatCamera/E+ via Getty Images Kerri Evans, ... -
Your mental dictionary is part of what makes you unique − here’s how your brain stores and retrieves words
Your brain processes letters, words, sounds, semantics and grammar at breakneck speed. StudioM1/iStock via Getty Images Plus Nichol Castro, ...November 7, 2023 -
Engineered ‘living materials’ could help clean up water pollution one day
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a new ‘living’ material. David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School ...November 7, 2023 -
'Not of faculty quality': How Penn mistreated Nobel Prize-winning researcher Katalin Karikó
Three weeks ago, Penn hosted a flash mob for Katalin Karikó after she won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine. But the celebration ...October 26, 2023 -
Comets 101 − everything you need to know about the snow cones of space
Comet Hale-Bopp was visible from Earth in 1997. E. Kolmhofer, H. Raab; Johannes-Kepler-Observatory, Linz, Austria, CC BY-NC Shannon Schmoll, ...October 26, 2023 -
New class of recyclable polymer materials could one day help reduce single-use plastic waste
Single-use plastics. Anton Petrus/Moment Katherine Harry, Colorado State University and Emma Rettner, Colorado State University Hundreds of ...October 26, 2023 -
Will we still have antibiotics in 50 years? We asked 7 global experts
Shutterstock André O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Fidelma Fitzpatrick, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences; ...October 26, 2023 -
How much time do kids spend on devices – playing games, watching videos, texting and using the phone?
Today, nearly all U.S. teens have a smartphone. MoMo Productions/Digital Vision via Getty Images David Rosenberg, Wayne State University and ...October 26, 2023
