Research
Despite the unprecedented challenges everyone has faced in 2020, ²ÊÃñ±¦µä researchers continued to deliver findings that will improve the lives of people across the globe—or simply dazzle us with new insights into the natural world. Here are some of our top picks for the discoveries that defined our year in research.
²ÊÃñ±¦µä philosopher and planetary scientists at Carnegie Institution for Science argue that existing system of mineral classification fails to account for ‘mineral evolution.'
²ÊÃñ±¦µä’s CUbit, ColdQuanta make Bose-Einstein lab available on the cloud.
Margaret Murnane and Henry Kapteyn, who are also fellows in JILA, recognized for work in cutting-edge lasers.
²ÊÃñ±¦µä researcher finds that connecting with people in nature eases loneliness, anxiety.
New sources ranging from satellites to government records to social media are providing a wealth of opportunities to learn more about wildfire behavior and how it threatens people and affects ecosystems.
Researchers from across the globe have helped sequence the genomes of 363 bird species as part of the Bird 10,000 Genome Project.
Elspeth Dusinberre, new college professor of distinction, discusses the joy and relevance of the discipline.
Michelle Ellsworth, college professor of distinction, is an artist whose work ‘defies easy categorization,’ except that it is important, critics say.
Pieter T.J. Johnson, new college professor of distinction, focuses on ‘profound threats’ of species invasion and emerging diseases.