A unique Terahertz (THz) Imaging Camera (TIC) is scheduled for launch to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2027. An interdisciplinary team of NPS students contributed significantly to its completion as part of their faculty-guided thesis research efforts.

New World screwworm flies, highly destructive parasitic insects, have returned to parts of the U.S. and pose a significant danger. UC San Diego Professor Omar Akbari discusses how the insect was eliminated in the past and the ways new genetics technologies could help combat today’s threat.

This summer, America celebrated the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, widely recognized as the formal founding of our nation and one of the early stages of establishing a democratic government. Over the past two decades, however, democracies all over the world have struggled with a lack of clear support. Democracy scholars have referred to these challenges as evidence of backsliding, a phenomenon that has many political and social scientists concerned, including University of Notre Dame development economist Enrique Seira Bejarano.

This University at Buffalo technology uses micellar nanofluids composed of concentrated surfactant solutions that form nanoscale spherical micelles. When introduced into an oil-contaminated dead-end pore, the micelles accumulate near the oil-fluid-solid interface and generate structural disjoining pressure that separates the oil from the pore walls. Unlike conventional nanoparticle systems, the technology performs most effectively at relatively low micelle concentrations of approximately 2% to 6% by volume. After the oil has detached from the surrounding surface, the component is flushed with clean water. The resulting concentration gradient produces osmotic transport that drives the separated oil out of the pore. Laboratory testing has demonstrated approximately 90% oil removal from dead-end pores, compared with approximately 20%-30% commonly reported in related pore-cleaning research.

The first issue of a new Anishinaabe language magazine crushes major language obstacles as it leans into skateboarding, snowboarding and surfing to revitalize Indigenous language. Asab (pronounced AH-sub) is believed to be the first magazine in North America published exclusively in a single Indigenous language. But with no known Anishinaabe words for terms like “kickflip”, “boned out” or “goofy stance,” the editorial team turned to first speakers to create hundreds of never-before-spoken Ojibwe words.

Few spiders elicit as much fear as the brown recluse, but according to University of Arizona researcher Matthew Cordes, bites are actually rare. Most recently, his research group uncovered the molecular mechanism by which recluse venom wreaks havoc on biological tissue.

Rockefeller's Kivanç Birsoy and Ekaterina Vinogradova labs teamed up to study how cancer cells rewire their metabolism, and how these changes could be targeted therapeutically.