Category: News 2018

Eviction Lab examines the intersection of poverty and housing

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By Liz Fuller-Wright How many Americans are forced to leave their homes each year? When Matthew Desmond began investigating evictions in America, it was impossible to answer that question. “Imagine if we didn’t know how Continue Reading →

Turning up the heat on the search for better plastics

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By Scott Lyon If you have ever poured hot coffee into a cheap plastic cup, you may recall that sinking feeling as the cup seems to wilt. Not quite solid, not quite liquid, the cup Continue Reading →

Finding meaning among the junk

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By Kevin McElwee Only about 10 percent of the human genome are actually genes. The other 90 percent? Once called “junk DNA,” researchers now know that this genetic material contains on-off switches that can activate Continue Reading →

When driverless ride-hailing services come to a curb near you

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By Kevin McElwee When requesting a ride-hailing service, you may soon notice something missing: the driver. Fleets of autonomous electric vehicles could someday replace human-powered ride-sharing. Programming obstacles still stand in the way of this Continue Reading →