Baltimore Key Bridge: how a domino effect brought it down in seconds

We’ll need to learn the lessons from this disaster.

Mohamed Shaheen, Lecturer in Structural Engineering, Loughborough University • conversation
March 28, 2024 ~5 min

Thin, bacteria-coated fibers could lead to self-healing concrete that fills in its own cracks

Your skin heals from cuts and scrapes on its own − what if concrete could do that too?

Yaghoob Farnam, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Drexel University • conversation
March 22, 2024 ~7 min


Trees near highways cut air pollution from traffic

Trees and bushes near highways significantly reduce air pollution caused by cars, which has been linked to a host of illnesses.

Sam Fahmy-Georgia State • futurity
March 21, 2024 ~4 min

Dog care below freezing − how to keep your pet warm and safe from cold weather, road salt and more this winter

Dogs might have furry coats, but they can still get cold when the temperature drops.

Erik Christian Olstad, Health Sciences Assistant Professor of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis • conversation
Jan. 30, 2024 ~7 min

Old forests are critically important for slowing climate change and merit immediate protection from logging

President Biden has called for protecting large, old trees from logging, but many of them could be cut while the regulatory process grinds forward.

William Moomaw, Professor Emeritus of International Environmental Policy, Tufts University • conversation
Jan. 19, 2024 ~8 min

Using machine learning to monitor driver ‘workload’ could help improve road safety

Researchers have developed an adaptable algorithm that could improve road safety by predicting when drivers are able to safely interact with in-vehicle systems

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Dec. 7, 2023 ~6 min

Digitized records from wildlife centers show the most common ways that humans harm wild animals

Hundreds of wildlife rehabilitation centers across the US and Canada treat sick and injured animals and birds. Digitizing their records is yielding valuable data on human-wildlife encounters.

Richard B. Primack, Professor of Biology, Boston University • conversation
Nov. 22, 2023 ~8 min

What are roundabouts? A transportation engineer explains the safety benefits of these circular intersections

Whether you call them rotaries, traffic circles or roundabouts, they offer a safer alternative to the four-way stop. But the modern roundabout has been decades in the making.

Deogratias Eustace, Professor of Civil, Environmental and Engineering Mechanics, University of Dayton • conversation
Oct. 25, 2023 ~7 min


The Conservatives have seized on cars as a political wedge – it's a bet on public turning against climate action

Today, as in the past, pro-car sentiment is a backlash against nascent environmental protest.

Matthew Paterson, Professor of International Politics, University of Manchester • conversation
Sept. 5, 2023 ~6 min

Giraffes range across diverse African habitats − we’re using GPS, satellites and statistics to track and protect them

The largest ever giraffe tracking study shows how these massive animals are responding to human pressures across many different habitats throughout Africa.

Michael Brown, Conservation Science Fellow, Smithsonian Institution • conversation
Aug. 30, 2023 ~9 min

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