Golden Dome: An aerospace engineer explains the proposed US-wide missile defense system

President Trump has set aggressive goals for Golden Dome, but many parts of the system already exist.

Iain Boyd, Director of the Center for National Security Initiatives and Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
May 22, 2025 • ~9 min

Golden Dome: An aerospace engineer explains the proposed nationwide missile defense system

President Trump has set aggressive goals for Golden Dome, but many parts of the system already exist.

Iain Boyd, Director of the Center for National Security Initiatives and Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
May 22, 2025 • ~9 min

Whale poop may have been a key fertilizer for oceans

New research finds that whale excrement contains significant amounts of iron, a vital element that is often scarce in ocean ecosystems.

Hannah Hickey-U. Washington • futurity
Feb. 18, 2025 • ~7 min

Ancient DNA study shows women at the centre of societies in iron age Britain – supporting decades of archaeology

Genetics shows that women stayed put in Late Iron Age Dorset, while men moved to other groups.

Rachel Pope, Reader in European Prehistory, Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool • conversation
Jan. 23, 2025 • ~9 min

Iron fuels immune cells – and it could make asthma worse

Asthma attacks can result from immune cells overreacting to a harmless allergen. Tamping down iron levels in certain immune cells can help control their activity.

Omid Akbari, Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California • conversation
May 14, 2024 • ~5 min

A layered lake is a little like Earth’s early oceans − and lets researchers explore how oxygen built up in our atmosphere billions of years ago

An unusual lake with distinct layers of low-oxygen and high-iron water lets researchers investigate conditions like those in the early Earth’s oceans.

Elizabeth Swanner, Associate Professor of Geology, Iowa State University • conversation
Oct. 23, 2023 • ~11 min

Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system works well – here's how Hamas got around it

If Israel’s Iron Dome is the best air defense system in the world, how did so many Hamas missiles get through? An aerospace engineer explains it’s a game of numbers.

Iain Boyd, Director, Center for National Security Initiatives, and Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
Oct. 13, 2023 • ~6 min

Anemia afflicts nearly 1 in 4 people worldwide, but there are practical strategies for reducing it

Among young children, adolescents and adult women, anemia strikes 1 in 3 globally. Most cases are driven by dietary iron deficiency, red blood cell disorders and untreated tropical diseases.

Theresa A McHugh, Researcher and Scientific Writer at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington • conversation
Sept. 8, 2023 • ~8 min

IV iron therapy may benefit patients with heart failure and iron deficiency

An intravenous iron treatment provides a measure of benefit to people with heart failure and iron deficiency, but the results are nuanced.

Stephanie Lopez-Duke • futurity
Aug. 28, 2023 • ~4 min

DNA study sheds light on Scotland's Picts, and resolves some myths about them

The genetic study challenges previous theories about the origins and culture of the Picts.

Adeline Morez, Post-doctorate researcher, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, visiting lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University • conversation
May 2, 2023 • ~8 min

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