Stories about Research

From ancient clues, Dork Sahagian calculates land elevations as they change over time.

Successful peacemaking between longstanding adversaries, a new book argues, is almost always imposed by states from the top down and then sustained by societies.

Lehigh engineers report a previously unknown property for GaN.

A first book finds that nuns in post-Reformation England had an influence beyond the cloister.

Kelly Schultz seeks to inhibit the pause that slows response to wound sites.

Sushil Kumar has conducted five years of experimental and theoretical research on plasmonic lasers. His work might lead to commercial applications for the tiniest of nanolasers. 

Sirry Alang explores how African Americans perceive depression.  

With obesity rates on the rise, Chad Meyerhoefer examines the medical costs of a nationwide epidemic and how the U.S. might address it.

The JOBS Act of 2012 was supposed to help make it easier for early-stage companies to go public. Years later, Kathleen Hanley questions whether the Act may have unintended consequences for capital formation.

Contemporary architectural practice often employs computer-generated algorithms to generate form. Anthony Viscardi engages shadows to do the same by asking the simple question, "If an object can cast a shadow, can a shadow cast an object?"