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- Written by: Federico Capasso, Professor of Applied Physics, Senior Research Fellow in Electrical Engineering, Harvard University
If wearing a virtual reality or augmented reality headset is ever to become commonplace, hardware manufacturers will need to figure out how to make the devices small and lightweight while ensuring their images are sharp and clear. Unfortunately, this...
Read more: Delivering VR in perfect focus with nanostructure meta-lenses
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- Written by: John Hall, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
The wind industry is growing quickly around the world, especially in China and the U.S., where the total amount of electricity generated by wind turbines nearly doubled between 2011 and 2017.
All told, about 25 percent of global...
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- Written by: Jay L. Zagorsky, Economist and Research Scientist, The Ohio State University
You can buy insurance for practically anything these days.
Planning a vacation to France? Your airline, travel agent or even hotel will likely offer trip insurance in case you need to change your dates or cancel....
Read more: Should you insure that trip or TV? Here's what an economist would do
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- Written by: Akiesha Anderson, Law Fellow, Williams Institute, University of California, Los Angeles
Although LGBT people are becoming more visible in society, federal data reveal little about the U.S. LGBT population and its needs.
In a first in U.S. history, the U.S. Census Bureau will explicitly count same-sex couples living together in the 2020 census.
The decision to ask about same-sex relationships, announced on March 29, is an important...
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- Written by: Garret Martin, Professorial Lecturer, American University School of International Service
French President Emmanuel Macron can expect a warm welcome from Donald Trump – and, most likely, some glitz and pomp – when he arrives in Washington on April 23 for a two-day summit. It is the Trump administration’s first state visit of a foreign leader.
The two leaders, both political outsiders who achieved surprising electoral...
Read more: Macron-Trump summit has high stakes for France's embattled leader
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- Written by: Douglas M. Charles, Associate Professor of History, Pennsylvania State University
President Donald Trump allegedly asked FBI Director James Comey to drop the FBI’s investigation into Michael Flynn.
President Franklin Roosevelt asked FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to collect information on Americans who had committed no crimes.
President...
Read more: Comey memos follow tradition of J. Edgar Hoover keeping notes on presidents
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- Written by: Victoria Pagán, Professor of Classics, University of Florida
Once upon a time, there was a prominent, powerful man in government who cared deeply about integrity and following the rules.
He said, “You cannot know a man completely, his character, his principles, sense of judgment, not till he’s shown his colors … Experience, there’s the...
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- Written by: Masaō Ashtine, Lecturer in Alternative Energy, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus
Puerto Rico lost electricity again on April 18, seven months after Hurricane Maria first knocked out the island’s power grid. For people in some remote rural areas, the blackout was more of the same. Their power had yet to be restored.
The dangerous fragility of Puerto Rico’s energy systems has put other Caribbean countries on high alert...
Read more: Climate change may scuttle Caribbean's post-hurricane plans for a renewable energy boom
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- Written by: A.R. (Ravi) Ravishankara, Professor of Chemistry and Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
Editor’s note: Curbing damage to Earth’s protective ozone layer is widely viewed as one of the most important successes of the modern environmental era. Earlier this year, however, a study reported that ozone concentrations in the...
Read more: Is Earth's ozone layer still at risk? 5 questions answered
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- Written by: Bill Ritter, Jr., Director, Center for the New Energy Economy, Colorado State University
Transforming U.S. energy systems away from coal and toward clean renewable energy was once a vision touted mainly by environmentalists. Now it is shared by market purists.
Today, renewable energy resources like wind and solar power...
Read more: Market forces are driving a clean energy revolution in the US
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