Science & Technology
Computer science doctoral student Christine Chang was recently invited to testify before the Committee on Business, Labor and Technology on a piece of proposed legislation that deals with artificial intelligence, facial recognition technology and related privacy issues.
When the transatlantic slave trade began in the early 19th century, there was no record of where in Africa enslaved individuals originated. Now, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· historians and statisticians are going back in time to better understand where these individuals lived before they boarded slave ships.
A new publication headed by the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering seeks to create better alignment among academic programs and sector needs when it comes to training engineers in global development.
Most mechanical engineers will work with materials such as metals, polymers, ceramics and composites during their careers. However, a course taught in ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·'s mechanical engineering department asks students to draw inspiration from another material—snow.
A new tool developed by ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· researchers could lead to more efficient and cheaper technologies for capturing heat-trapping gases from the atmosphere and converting them into beneficial substances, like fuel or building materials.
This past December, three ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· researchers climbed up the side of the world’s highest active volcano, 22,615-foot Ojos del Salado, to understand how tiny organisms persist at one of the driest and highest points on the planet. This first-of-its-kind project may ultimately help inform the search for existing and extinct life on other planets.
Computational linguist Alexis Palmer spoke with ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· Today about the popular online word game, strategies to win and how Wordle offshoots could benefit lesser-known languages.
Fire ants survive floods by forming rafts made up of thousands of wriggling insects. New research reveals how these creepy-crawly lifeboats change shape over time.
Physicists have shown that two tiny atomic clocks, separated by just a millimeter or the width of a sharp pencil tip, tick at different rates—a powerful test of Albert Einstein's 1915 theory of general relativity.
ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·'s researchers reflect on an unprecedented year for research amid a devastating pandemic.