From Hola to Konnichiwa: The Spanish Speakers of Japan
In her new book, Professor Araceli Tinajero documents the subculture that emerged after some 80,000 Spanish speakers of Japanese heritage returned to Japan. Read more ›
‘Middlemarch’ and George Eliot’s Scientific Aspirations
A new essay by City College of New York Prof. Renata Kobetts Miller takes a deeper look at George Eliot's 1872 masterpiece Middlemarch. Read more ›
Photonics Breakthrough: New LED Material Could Lead to ‘Li-Fi’ Network
It's billed as a significant breakthrough in photonics: the creation of a light-emitting diode (LED) consisting of light and matter quasiparticles in atomically thin materials. Read more ›
What A River’s History Can Teach Us
Knowing the history of a river's flow can help us understand droughts and other phenomena related to water, weather, and the environment. Read more ›
How Research on Diamonds Could Improve MRIs
Researchers are looking at a type of defect in diamonds that could help improve the technology behind MRI scans and molecular spectroscopy. Read more ›
How Iran Helped Save 1,000 Jewish Children From the Holocaust
A new book looks at a little-known chapter of Holocaust history: Iran's sheltering of nearly 1,000 Jewish children who escaped the Nazis in Poland. The children were eventually resettled in Israel. Read more ›
New Weather Model Can Forecast Small But Long-Lasting Floods
A new weather forecasting model enables the prediction of small but long-lasting floods. Read more ›
Should Solar Power Replace Our Hydroelectric Dams?
Researchers say solar energy could provide a viable alternative to aging hydroelectric power plants. Read more ›
Unraveling How the Brain Goes from Conscious to Subliminal Perception
A new study explores how the brain goes from conscious to subliminal perception. Read more ›