On a mission: Innovative solutions to pressing environmental problems
OXGAV will support the research and development of exceptionally-promising innovations by interdisciplinary scientists across a dozen departments at Oxford and will enable the outputs...
3Q: Looking back at MIT’s fall semester Covid-19 testing
Suzanne Blake of MIT Emergency Management analyzes the results from the program, which administered more than 250,000 tests last semester.
New machine learning system developed to identify deteriorating patients in hospital
The HAVEN system (Hospital-wide Alerting Via Electronic Noticeboard) was developed as part of a collaboration between the University of Oxford’s Institute of Biomedical Engineering and...
Reducing inequality across the globe and on campus
Through research and student leadership, senior Orisa Coombs is tackling problems including water scarcity, food insecurity, and racial injustice.
“Students have always been close to my heart”
With Markus Aebi’s retirement, ETH is losing a great scientist. The microbiologist has also made a name for himself as a teacher and mentor well beyond his own discipline.
Oxford coronavirus vaccine produces strong immune response in older adults
The ChAdOx1 nCov-2019 coronavirus vaccine, developed by teams at the University of Oxford, has been shown to trigger a robust immune response in healthy adults aged 56-69 and those over 70 years of age.
Not all banking crises involve panics
Picture people lining up to withdraw their money during the Great Depression or customers making a run on Britain’s Northern Rock bank in 2007.
Princeton researchers at forefront of national plans for technological and social transition to net-zero...
Scientists and research based at Princeton University played a critical role in a new national report that investigates the technology, policy and societal dimensions of accelerating decarbonization in the United States.
How Mars 2020 Will Help Bring Part of the Red Planet Back to Earth
The mission, Mars 2020, passed the halfway point of its journey in October 2020 and is expected to touch down on solid ground on February 18.
Building equity into vaccine distribution
Who gets priority? If the pandemic is hitting certain communities harder, can they be adequately supplied with vaccine doses?