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Single during the holidays? It doesn’t mean being lonely or alone

  • Written by Elizabeth Brake, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Arizona State University
More and more Americans are choosing to be single.mimagephotography/Shutterstock.com

As the holiday season starts, singles may face questions from friends and family: “When are you getting serious about dating?”

In many families, seasonal festivities draw lines between who’s coupled and who’s not. Romantic partners are...

Read more: Single during the holidays? It doesn’t mean being lonely or alone

How Trump and Brexit united Europe

  • Written by Emanuel Deutschmann, Postdoctoral Researcher, European University Institute

Europeans across the English Channel are nervously watching Britain’s debate over Brexit, fearful of what the United Kingdom’s divorce from the European Union will mean for their decades-old economic and political bloc.

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Dec. 11 delayed a parliamentary vote on her Brexit plan, saying it would not...

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As the opioid epidemic continues, the holidays bring need to support those in grief

  • Written by Emily B. Campbell, Visiting Lecturer of Sociology, College of the Holy Cross
Listening to friends who are grieving can be more important than saying something. prostock_studio.Shutterstock.com

For all the warm memories and goodwill shared during the holiday season, for many it is a time of acute grief. The American opioid crisis is rightfully understood as the worst public health crisis in American history, killing over...

Read more: As the opioid epidemic continues, the holidays bring need to support those in grief

More DREAMs come true in California: How tuition waivers opened doors for undocumented students

  • Written by Federick J. Ngo, Assistant Professor of Higher Education, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Undocumented students took advantage of tuition benefits they called for through the 2013 California DREAM Act.Santiago Canyon College

California decided to crack open the door to higher education a little more for undocumented students through the California DREAM Act.

In a new study of the impact of this 2013 policy, education researcher Samantha...

Read more: More DREAMs come true in California: How tuition waivers opened doors for undocumented students

David vs. Goliath: What a tiny electron can tell us about the structure of the universe

  • Written by Alexey Petrov, Professor of Physics, Wayne State University
By Royalty-free stock illustration ID: 134556248 AtomRoman Sigaev/ Shutterstock.com

What is the shape of an electron? If you recall pictures from your high school science books, the answer seems quite clear: an electron is a small ball of negative charge that is smaller than an atom. This, however, is quite far from the truth.

A simple model of an...

Read more: David vs. Goliath: What a tiny electron can tell us about the structure of the universe

Is quantum computing a cybersecurity threat?

  • Written by Dorothy Denning, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Defense Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School
More powerful computers could break today's most advanced encryption.Production Perig/Shutterstock.com

Cybersecurity researchers and analysts arerightlyworried that a new type of computer, based on quantum physics rather than more standard electronics, could break most modern cryptography. The effect would be to render communications as insecure as...

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Drug development is no longer just for Big Pharma. Researchers at Bio-X explain

  • Written by Teresa Purzner, MD/PhD, Stanford University
Pharmaceutical companies have traditionally been the ones to develop drugs. But for rare diseases university researchers may play a role.LeoWolfert/Shutterstock.com

I am a graduate student and resident in the field of neurosurgery and would like to share an unusual and very personal story of developing a drug. Developmental biologist Dr. Matthew...

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The Fed cares when the stock market freaks out – but only when it turns into a bear

  • Written by Alexander Kurov, Professor of Finance and Fred T. Tattersall Research Chair in Finance, West Virginia University

Stocks have been falling for more than two months, with investors all but begging the Federal Reserve to stop lifting short-term interest rates. Higher rates hurt stocks by making other, less risky investments look more attractive and by driving up borrowing costs for companies and consumers.

Yet the U.S. central bank mostly rebuffed investors&rsqu...

Read more: The Fed cares when the stock market freaks out – but only when it turns into a bear

What lies beneath: To manage toxic contamination in cities, study their industrial histories

  • Written by James R. Elliott, Professor of Sociology, Rice University
Mural at Rockaway Brewing Company in Long Island City, Queens, New York, a longtime industrial and transportation hub that now is rapidly redeveloping.AP Photo/Mark Lennihan

Philadelphia’s hip Northern Liberties community is an old working-class neighborhood that has become a model of trendy urban-chic redevelopment. Crowded with renovated...

Read more: What lies beneath: To manage toxic contamination in cities, study their industrial histories

The Trump Foundation is shutting down, but the president and his family still could face liability

  • Written by Daniel Hemel, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Chicago
Did a Trump Foundation charity event in 2016 boost his candidacy?AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

The Donald J. Trump Foundation will shut down and distribute the money it has left to charities approved by the New York state attorney general, while the state’s lawsuit against the president and his three oldest children alleging violations of state laws...

Read more: The Trump Foundation is shutting down, but the president and his family still could face liability

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