June 9, 2021 — Nebraska is well known for corn and beef, but small towns in the area are also home to Charles Lindbergh’s first flying lessons and the invention of vise-grip locking pliers. Now, the National Science Foundation is betting on the Cornhusker State to help lead a high-stakes era of innovation as America… Read More: ‘Silicon Prairie’ Ready for Quantum Leap »
Health Politics Loading the player… Vaccines are on the way to Black communities in the United States and abroad through unique initiatives and funding campaigns aimed at closing the racial health gap of the pandemic. Let’s take a look at the domestic front first. Ground Zero for new approaches to getting Americans vaccinated could become… Read More: Dr. Fauci explains whether those vaccinated will have to get… »
Significant gaps in mental health services for children, which make it difficult for them to get appropriate treatment, have been highlighted in a new report. n one case, a disturbed young boy thought to be a risk to his mother and siblings could not get a suitable residential placement as he was too young for… Read More: Significant gaps in child mental health service exposed by report »
A flywheel is an invention that allows kinetic (moving) energy to be stored. It’s not a perfect storage solution because it will lose some of that energy through friction and perhaps air resistance, but storage is the right way to think about it. Hanging off the back of an internal combustion engine though, it can… Read More: Changing a vehicle’s behaviour on the fly’. The flywheel, that… »