Last winter, we called on HBCU students everywhere to help us fill what we see as one of the biggest gaps in science news coverage today: the paucity of stories on science being done at HBCUs. From Washington, DC to Prairie View, Texas, from New Orleans, Louisiana to Hampton, Virginia, smart, talented students answered … Continue reading Three HBCU students are about to start showing you a new side of science
Research scientists at Howard University are applying the tools of nanotechnology to the age-old problem of water treatment. Continue reading Modifying Water-Purification Membranes with Nanomaterials
Not once in its 114-year history has the Nobel Prize been awarded to a black scientist. But in 1954, perhaps it should have. Continue reading The Nobel laureate who wasn’t
Physicists at Jackson State University and Howard University are enlisting one of nature’s tiniest wonders in the fight against cancer. Continue reading Cracking the code for technicolor fireflies
A team including two Howard University professors teased out the peculiar result from responses to one of the nation’s largest health surveys. Add this to the perils of being black in America: Too little shut eye may not only leave you irritable and groggy—it might also give you high cholesterol. According to a new study led by … Continue reading Skipping sleep might raise your cholesterol—if you’re black
Once known as the smog capital of the world, Los Angeles is on its way to shedding that reputation. Beijing, take notice! If you grew up in or near a large US city in the 1980s and 90s, you might recall the frequent warnings—especially on hot days—of high ozone (O3) levels. Breathing ground-level ozone—a product of … Continue reading Is clean air worth the cost? A case study for developing megacities
Plain faces are more expressive than fancy ones, according to a new paper coauthored by a Howard University professor. Continue reading Why it’s written all over your (plain) face
A Howard University professor and her colleagues wax philosophical about one of the biggest buzzwords in science. Continue reading Is nano even new?
At Howard, a home remedy for hypertension gets put through a workout. Continue reading For heart health, the beet goes on
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