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People who use an appliance a lot save more from an energy efficient model. With the right app, they could easily get a sense of their own potential savings when they shop.
Sixty years ago, stereo promised to forever change the way people listened to music. But how could record companies convince customers to buy a new record player, speakers and amplifier?
Financial markets are increasingly worried the US economy is heading for a crash. An economist explains what’s got investors spooked.
The discovery and development of optical tweezers won the 2018 Nobel Prize in physics. Now physicists are using this tool to crack some of the fundamental questions behind how the universe works.
The GOP’s handling of sexual assault allegations against prominent GOP figures has led some to conclude that the party does not respect women. But GOP women are sticking with their party.
For decades, the alternative weekly’s photographers served as the eyes of the streets, working with activists to document and publicize the anguish and rage of everyday New Yorkers.
Explaining how carbon taxes and cap-and-trade systems work is simpler than figuring out how high those taxes and caps should be.
Trump’s plan to slap $200 billion more in tariffs on Chinese goods is premised on yesterday’s waste-fueled economy. Tomorrow’s economy is ‘circular.’
Questions about supplies of rare-earth elements, crucial in high-tech devices, pushed researchers to look to industrial waste for new sources of the key materials.
Roughly 10,000 tons of plastic enter the Great Lakes every year, and scientists want to know where it ends up. There are some parallels to ocean plastics, but also important differences.
The president of the EU Commission made several concessions in its trade dispute with the US that suggest Trump’s strategy of divide and conquer may be working.
International trade policy requires three traits to be successful and lead to mutual prosperity. Trump’s is missing all three, as he showed at the G-7 summit.
The Trump administration wants China to cut its trade deficit with the US by more than half. An economist explains why that’s not going to happen.
Maps can be an invaluable tool in a natural disaster or humanitarian crisis. A pilot project trained Syrian refugees at a Jordan camp to create their own.
If companies in key industries collectively shunned the Chinese market, that would force China’s leaders to take notice, with less risk of blowback.
The maritime pollution that drifts to dry land, causes an estimated 400,000 premature deaths and 14 million cases of childhood asthma each year.
In many cases, the mistreatment of TV anchors has become the story – at the expense of bigger questions about corporate ownership.
The two cultural norms, which may on the surface seem completely different, are starting to converge.
The wired Earth of the 21st century is at the mercy of the volatile nature of the sun.
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Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management and Safety, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Distinguished Professor, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, & Interim Head, Department of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Professor of Psychology, Visual Perception, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Dean of the College of Science, Professor of Biochemistry, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Chair, Department of Science, Technology, and Society, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Research scientist, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Distinguished Professor of Medical Illustration, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Master's Degree Student in Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Associate Professor of Science, Technology and Society, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Professor of Astronomy and Physics, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Professor of Marketing, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
