Most wireless communications use RF or radio frequency communications to send data back and forth. But all that information can slow things down. One National Science Foundation supported researcher is using light to send information
In Myanmar, decades of conflict and displacement have left swathes of land abandoned and undocumented, especially in the ethnic regions. In 2012, the Vacant, Fallow, and Virgin Lands Management law was enacted, classifying about one third of Myanmar’s land as such – and instructing land dwellers to register the land they were occupying or using to obtain a 30 year permit
The number of measles cases in the United States has soared to more than 460, the highest number since 1991. More than half of the cases are in New York, where 21 people had to be hospitalized, five of them in intensive care
An already bad situation in the West African nation of Burkina Faso appears to be getting worse. This month alone more than 60 people have died in ethnic clashes inflamed by Islamist extremists seeking to gain a stronghold in the Sahel
Jordan Peele’s recent horror blockbuster, Us, follows his directorial debut in 2017 with the Oscar-winning horror film, Get Out
Doctors from the United States and Venezuela are working together to help patients in Venezuela
As recently as a half-century ago, young American students would spend many lessons writing curved loops and diagonal lines, as they learned how to write in cursive
The famous cherry blossoms on the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC are passing their peak but others in the area are in full bloom
New York City has declared a public health emergency amid an alarming spike in the number of measles cases among largely unvaccinated children. Parents who refuse to vaccinate their children could now face heavy fines
A wall on New York’s Ellis Island that honors immigrants is almost at full capacity. To date, 770 panels are engraved with the names of almost 800,000 immigrants — including arrivals who never disembarked at Ellis Island