63 result(s) found.

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  New York Post

  Scientists float bizarre solution to protect us from solar storms — shooting a giant ‘airbag’ into space

  July 2, 2026

  Researchers have proposed an unorthodox way to shield our planet from the constant barrage of solar storms — launching a giant satellite “airbag” into space to mitigate their worst effects. This interstellar sunscreen proposal, dubbed the StormWall, was detailed in a study in the journal Space Weather.

  • Brian Walsh
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  Nautilus

  How to Protect Earth Against Violent Space Weather

  June 22, 2026

  A conversation with a scientist who invented a new storm wall for space

  • Brian Walsh
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  Spectroscopy

  Exploring Emerging Photophysical Phenomena

  June 18, 2026

    Minjung Son, an assistant professor of chemistry at Boston University, and her group is developing nanomaterials and polaritons, which is important for energy conversion technologies.

  • Minjung Son
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  C&EN

  Cellular sunscreen helps boost rice yields

  June 17, 2026

    Plant protein that detects singlet oxygen can also protect against it

  • Minjung Son
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  Space.com

  Scientists propose spraying chemicals into Earth’s magnetic field to protect us from powerful solar storms

  June 8, 2026

  A team led by Brian Walsh of Boston University has proposed a bold method to actively strengthen Earth's natural defense using a fleet of spacecraft designed to blunt the impact of space weather before it hits.

  • Brian Walsh
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  NPR

  How to keep Ebola patients alive

  May 29, 2026

  Ebola kills roughly half the people it infects, but that has more to do with the kind of care patients can access, rather than something inherent to the virus itself.

  • John Connor
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  Knowable Magazine

  How to tame AI’s voracious appetite for energy

  May 21, 2026

  Scientists are exploring new algorithms, hardware and computing methods to lower AI’s power demands. Strategic siting of datacenters and other steps to increase green energy use are also key.

  • Ajay Joshi
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  NSF

  Photonic Quantum Chips Promise Fast Future | Podcast

  April 26, 2026

  The future of quantum information science and engineering promises computers with unprecedented speed and capabilities. Miloš Popović, an NSF-supported associate professor, discusses a collaboration that has built a photonic quantum system into a traditional electronic chip.

  • Milos Popovic
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  Scientific American

  Songbirds reveal the dark side of making new brain cells as adults

  April 17, 2026

  A new study in songbirds might help explain why humans don’t generate many new brain cells, called neurons, as adults.

  • Benjamin Scott
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  KJZZ

  Many people have memories they’d like to forget. This professor is working to do that — kind of

  April 7, 2026

  Ramirez said there are two main goals of his lab: to try to understand the biology of how we learn and how we remember; and to try to artificially activate or inactivate memories to see what that tells us about how the brain works, in an effort to restore health back to the brain. Ramirez spoke with The Show to talk about — in layperson’s terms — how one goes about trying to adjust people’s memories.

  • Steve Ramirez