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Sustainable health care

The health care sector accounts for almost 10% of U.S. emissions and is one of the country’s largest producers of waste. What can be done to make it more sustainable, while maintaining safety?

Targeted cell control

A new method for prompting cells to create specific proteins can more accurately focus on which cells make the proteins and when. Given the diverse purposes of proteins in the body, this could lead to advances in medical treatments and research, among other applications.

Wildfire smoke exposure hurts learning outcomes

Pollution from wildfires is linked to lower test scores and possibly lower future earnings for kids growing up with more smoke days at school, a new study finds. Impacts of smoke exposure on earnings are disproportionately borne by economically disadvantaged communities of color.

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Examining the marginalization of Muslims in India

Feyaad Allie, a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science, has spent the past several years studying discrimination against Muslims in India and how they have responded to their marginalization.

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