Army researchers and industry partners recently published a study showing how they developed new materials and manufacturing…
WWI Helmets Protect Against Shock Waves Just as Well as Modern Designs
Biomedical engineers from Duke University have demonstrated that, despite significant advancements in protection from ballistics and blunt impacts, modern military helmets are no better at protecting the brain from shock waves created…
How Iran’s Millennials Are Grappling with Crippling U.S. Sanctions
In early January, after tensions between Iran and the United States escalated to the brink of war, President Donald Trump announced a detente of sorts, stating, “The United States is ready to…
Government Grants Deliver Highest Returns for College Financing
Merit-based grants are a government’s best bet for providing effective student aid for long-term economic growth – increasing both welfare (measured in terms of long-term well-being outcomes) and efficiency, according to a…
Bats Inspire Detectors to Help Prevent Oil and Gas Pipe Leaks
Engineers have developed a new scanning technique inspired by the natural world that can detect corroding metals in oil and gas pipelines. By mimicking how bats use differing wavelengths of ultrasound to…
Preventing Genocide in Myanmar: Court Order Tries to Protect Rohingya Muslims Where Politics Has Failed
Myanmar has been ordered by the International Court of Justice to take “provisional measures” to protect the Rohingya, an ethnic Muslim minority in the Buddhist-majority country that has suffered “mass killing, mass…
