Patterns of life

Nelson and her research team have found that members of the animal kingdom have efficient designs for building lungs that can change the way we approach human tissue engineering. Continue Reading →

They’re playing our song

Professor of Music Elizabeth Margulis combines research in neuroscience, psychology and music to explore the science behind imagination and creativity. Continue Reading →

Bringing history home

The 1762 British sacking of Manila scattered valuable books and manuscripts across the continents. Now an international collaboration is reuniting these treasures in an online repository. Continue Reading →

Early light

A major new telescope project brings physicist Suzanne Staggs’s research on the origins of the universe into sharp focus. Continue Reading →

Trade secrets

On an off-the-beaten path Greek island, archaeologist Samuel Holzman uncovered a hidden architectural feature called the flat arch in Greek structures constructed 150 years earlier than the first known use by Romans. Continue Reading →