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During the first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, Los Angeles County officials faced an urgent crisis. They knew that hundreds of thousands of the county’s 10 million residents might go hungry because ...

A new research centre at the National University of Singapore (NUS) is bringing together data science, AI and computational methods with deep insights from social sciences and humanities to better ...

The connection between business and society is not a choice—it is a necessity. Having worked in various industries for over 20 years, ranging from manufacturing to tech startups and now consulting, ...

The development and use of nuclear technology, which began in the early 1940s, has produced a substantial inventory of radioactive waste— material with no current or currently known future use. The ...

Are you waking up with a lump in your throat that never used to be there? Is there an ache in your chest — best described as heartache — relatively new to you? Do you look at your children, fearing ...

Public data, often generated by governments or institutions and freely accessible, has emerged as a powerful tool for tackling some of the world’s most challenging problems. From promoting ...

This year, the Research & Innovation Office, along with the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Engineering and Applied Science and the School of Education, launched the New Frontiers Grant ...

What many might perceive as a gradual shift is, in reality, a profound demographic transformation with far-reaching implications that could reshape economies, societies, and even our understanding of ...

Women can shape-shift to different identities. They're mothers, friends, CEOs... But they're also compassionate. Strong enough to be vulnerable. And they literally have the superpower to create life.