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Aliah Zewail Co-authors New Research on Moral Stereotyping in Large Language Models

The paper provides a cautionary tale of researchers using large language models (LLMs) as generators for cultural data.

Published date Friday, March 13, 2026 Go to all news list News

CNS Team Determines the Impact of the ‘Great Texas Freeze’ on Purple Martins

The study argues that the recovery of purple martin populations may take decades.

Published date Friday, March 6, 2026 Go to all news list News

Dipankar Saha and Team Co-author Paper on Iron-Nickel Metal Ensembles, a Potential Driver of Clean Energy Production

This research points to a fast, cheap way to arrange iron and nickel to turn water into clean energy fuel.

Published date Wednesday, March 4, 2026 Go to all news list News

Scared of Spiders? Laura Figueroa Argues That the Real Horror Story is a World Without Them

Figueroa argues that insects and arachnids are fundamental for human society.

Published date Monday, March 2, 2026 Go to all news list News

CNS-led International Team May Have Just Found One of the Missing Links in Galaxy Evolution

This research suggests that star formation may have occurred earlier in the universe’s evolution than previously thought.

Published date Tuesday, February 17, 2026 Go to all news list News

CNS Researchers Explore Wild Physics That Keeps the Body’s Electrical System Flowing Smoothly

This research demonstrates that the soft, hydrophobic gate regulating the electrical, ionic flows in the BK channels cannot absolutely stop the flow of ions.

Published date Tuesday, February 10, 2026 Go to all news list News

Physicists at CNS Suggest That We Just Found Traces of an Exploding Black Hole

The team not only accounts for an otherwise impossible neutrino, but shows that the elementary particle could reveal the fundamental nature of the universe.

Published date Tuesday, February 3, 2026 Go to all news list News

Stockbridge Research Reveals How Microplastics Alter Gene Expression in Plants

Laws protecting the environment from microplastics rely heavily on the production of scientific evidence like this new paper.

Published date Wednesday, January 21, 2026 Go to all news list News

CNS Scientists Learn to Customize Cellular Protein

This research could allow us to efficiently and effectively fight a wide variety of diseases with fewer side effects.

Published date Tuesday, January 20, 2026 Go to all news list News

Team Including Current and Alumni CNS Astronomers Finds One of the Oldest Barred-Spiral Galaxies in the Universe

Analysis of light from the galaxy, called COSMOS-74706, places it on the cosmic timeline at about 11.5 billion years ago.

Published date Thursday, January 8, 2026 Go to all news list News

Chemistry Lab Engages Community to Study and Clean Fort River

The analyses carried out by students are helping to map how local land use affects water chemistry, part of an effort to clean up the Fort River.

Published date Tuesday, January 6, 2026 Go to all news list News

Toni Lyn Morelli Publishes Research on Climate Safe Havens

This study is part of a major international effort to increase species’ chances of survival.

Published date Wednesday, December 17, 2025 Go to all news list News

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