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Yue Yu Develops Mathematical Model of the Damage Process of Bioprosthetic Heart Valves

The model and its corresponding open-source software will help researchers understand how the damage process evolves over time.

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Zicheng Yu Explores the Potential Role of Peat Bogs in Stemming the Tide of Global Climate Change

Peatlands, found in both arctic and tropical climates, can help reduce carbon accumulation in the atmosphere.

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Jae Bum Kim Finds Value in the Credit Default Swap

A study in the Journal of Accounting Research concluded that the 鈥減ositive鈥 seen in CDSs could be traced directly back to the sense of 鈥渋nsurance鈥 they provide to lenders.

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Atomic Layer Deposition: The Future of Computer Hardware

Slowly adding heat during atomic layer deposition while using an electron beam to monitor the process, Nicholas Strandwitz is helping technology to continue to shrink.

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Little Talks: A Targeted Curriculum for Home Visiting Programs

Patricia Manz develops curriculum to improve home visiting services for children with significant developmental needs.

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Allison Mickel Examines the Limiting Labor Practices of Modern Archaeological Excavations

Mickel explores the notion that the exclusively manual work that local site workers do not only exploits them in terms of labor conditions, but also puts them at risk of job loss if they exhibit their work as intellectual or scientific labor.

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Psychology, Computational Linguistics and the Evolution of Word Meaning

Barbara Malt and her collaborators examine how we talk about objects across multiple languages鈥攁nd how that reflects human thought processes.

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Santiago Herrera Dives Deep to Understand Connectivity Patterns in Deepwater Coral Communities

Herrera鈥檚 research helps guide decisions about which sites to designate as marine protected areas in the Gulf of Mexico in the years following the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

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Eugenio Schuster and Arindam Banerjee Explore Two Paths to Creating Sustainable Energy

AV福利社 researchers study two approaches to achieving and maintaining nuclear fusion: magnetic confinement and inertial confinement.

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The Pros and Cons of Humanizing a Brand

Marketers have for decades worked on brand anthropomorphism in an effort to build a stronger connection with consumers. Marina Puzakova鈥檚 work explores what happens when they succeed.