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The following is a listing of publications that are open to undergraduate research or, in some cases, dedicated to publishing undergraduate research. 

University of Chicago: Chicago Journal of Foreign Policy

CJFP is an exclusively undergraduate journal out of the University of Chicago that accepts submissions for their blog and bi-annual print journal from any college or university in the world. They accept pieces about foreign policy, international relations, comparative politics, international political theory, or any related field.

Clocks and Clouds

Clocks and Clouds is the SIS/SPA undergraduate research journal that publishes articles on the cutting edge of political science, international relations, and public policy. Through the journal, our student authors contribute to the intellectual dialogue both within the American University community and in broader academia. Email  [email protected] with questions.

Sigma Iota Rho Journal of International Relations 

Sigma Iota Rho Journal of International Relations , organized and printed by the Epsilon chapter of Sigma Iota Rho at the University of Pennsylvania, appears annually and publishes original manuscripts and research by undergraduate students from across the country. The journal is a blind, peer-reviewed publication that seeks papers that contribute to a better understanding of international affairs. Papers must be between 2,000 and 6,000 words in length.

International Affairs Forum

The Center for International Relations (CIR) welcomes submissions, from college students and young professionals, for its online journal as well as its associated biannual publication, International Affairs Forum . IA Forum accepts unsolicited essays, editorials, and scholarly papers for publication. Papers should be previously unpublished and should be submitted directly to  [email protected] . Please review  guidelines  for more information.

The Agora: Political Science Undergraduate Journal 

The Agora is an online peer-reviewed journal that publishes scholarly work done by undergraduates in the field of political science. We have two objectives: to give undergraduate students a chance to have their scholarly work published and recognized and to involve students in the process of peer review. The journal is published biannually; submission deadlines are usually in early  October  and  February . For more information, review the  guidelines  page of the website.

Cornell International Affairs Review (CIAR) 

CIAR  is an undergraduate organization at Cornell University dedicated to increasing awareness of and encouraging conversation about international affairs. CIAR publishes a bi-annual journal consisting of academic papers written by undergraduate and graduate students, collegiate professors, and experts in the field. Questions should be directed to  [email protected] .

Critical Theory & Social Justice Journal of Undergraduate Research (CTSJ) 

Critical Theory & Social Justice Journal of Undergraduate Research (CTSJ) , from Occidental College, provides a forum for undergraduate students to develop and share critical research and writing on the intersections of race, sexuality, and nationality as they relate to problems of social justice. The journal seeks to foster exchange of ideas across disciplines and deepen understandings of systems of injustice. Papers are accepted on a rolling basis. For submission details, visit the CTSJ website .

Critique: A Worldwide Journal of Student Politics 

Critique  provides a forum for graduate and undergraduate students of politics to express and exchange diverse ideas and to imagine new possibilities for democracy and justice. It is published biannually and expands political debate by creating space for the emergence of new ideas. Interested students should visit the  submissions  form for instructions.

The Dialectics: Journal of Leadership, Politics, and Society

The Dialectics: Journal of Leadership, Politics, and Society is a refereed, multidisciplinary online journal devoted to scholarship and discourse that accepts high quality essays on issues of public importance. We search for papers that have a single thesis, are focused, identify significant societal and global issues, and offer creative solutions or specific recommendations for addressing the challenges. Papers should be between 2,000 and 5,000 words and are reviewed on a rolling basis. Essays should be emailed to  [email protected]  with “Dialectics Submission” in the subject line.

Discussions: the Undergraduate Research Journal of Case Western Reserve University

Discussions  is the undergraduate research journal of Case Western Reserve University and is dedicated to publishing the best undergraduate research from across the country. Submission guidelines are on the journal  website .

Ilios  is the undergraduate-run journal connected to the Political Science Undergraduate Association (PSUA) at the University of Southern California; it is primarily a journal of political science and political philosophy. Illios is a forum for students to critically assess and analyze political issues—whether contemporary, historical, or theoretical in nature. The journal also welcomes all other disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, history, economics, aesthetics, law, linguistics, and psychology, in helping to create a vibrant and diverse forum. Questions, comments and submissions should be sent to  [email protected] .

The Journal of Arts and Humanities

The scope of The Journal of Arts and Humanities focuses on theoretical and empirical research in the arts, humanities and social sciences. JAH also publishes original research, creative work, and critical discourse on traditional, contemporary, and popular issues in arts and issues in the field of humanities studies. Review  submissions  for information on how to submit work.

Journal of Democracy

Journal of Democracy is a student-run journal in the Center for Democracy and Society at Georgetown University. They seek well-written, interesting submissions of 1,500-2,000 words, including summaries and/or excerpts of recently completed research, new publications, and works in progress. Within the theme of democracy, conflict and peace-building, they solicit articles that address the following: forging democracy after conflict, transitional justice, the relationship between democracy and conflict, and the cause of conflict. Please email submissions or questions to  [email protected] .

Journal of International Affairs

Journal of International Affairs (online) is published through the Columbia School of International and Public Affairs. Online essay submissions must be 2,000 words or less. Photo essays, letters to the editors, and opinion pieces can be anywhere from 750 to 1,500 words in length. We also welcome reviews of books, articles, and other academic reports. All submissions must be unpublished original work. Though the journal fact-checks all submissions under consideration, you are ultimately responsible for the veracity of your statements. Journal citation format adheres to the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition. Include a short bio along with your submission and send to: [email protected].

The Journal of Political Research

The Journal of Political Research  publishes high-quality papers reporting original research in political science. Undergraduate and graduate students of any class or major are encouraged to submit research articles that contain original analysis, rather than literature reviews. The JPR does not review manuscripts that have been submitted at other journals. Interested students should read Instructions to Contributors for information on submissions.

Journal of Politics and Society

Journal of Politics and Society (JPS) is organized and published by Columbia University and is distributed nationally. The journal features exclusively undergraduate work on political and social issues and is typically published each fall and spring. In addition, JPS will award the  Peter and Katherine Tomassi Prize  of  $250  to the author of the article judged most worthy by the Editorial Board in conjunction with faculty at Columbia University.

Journal of Public and International Affairs

The Journal of Public and International Affairs  (JPIA) is a joint  publication of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA) and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. The journal seeks to publish both scholarly and expository articles on a diverse range of subjects, covering the areas of international affairs, development studies, and domestic policy. JPIA is an annual publication, accepting submissions from any advanced student in the field from an accredited institution. Submissions are reviewed in a blind screening process by an editorial board composed of students at Princeton and by contributing editors from the other APSIA schools.

The Journal of Science Policy and Governance

The Journal of Science Policy and Governance is an interdisciplinary journal that seeks high-quality submissions on emerging or continuing policy debates. Current students, undergraduate or graduate, and recent graduates within three years of earning a degree—bachelors, masters, or doctoral—are eligible to submit. For more information please email  [email protected]  or go to our website.

Journal of Student Research

Journal of Student Research (JSR) is an electronic, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal devoted to the rapid dissemination of current research. The aim of JSR is to familiarize student authors with the process of manuscript publication. Students aspiring to publish will receive scholarly feedback once their submission is reviewed. The journal seeks papers that are novel, integrative, and written in a way that is accessible to a wide audience which includes an array of disciplines. Content of the journal ranges from applied research to theoretical research; in general, papers are welcomed from all topics.

London School of Economics Undergraduate Political Review

The LSE Undergraduate Political Review (LSEUPR) is an online platform that aims to encourage and facilitate an engagement in high level political research by undergraduate students from universities around the world. The LSEUPR invites the application to politics of a range of disciplinary perspectives, both within and without the social sciences, both empirical and theoretical. LSEUPR welcomes submissions that represent any and all voices and is committed to comprehensive representation, inclusivity and equality of access. Ultimately, our purpose is to familiarise undergraduate students with the rigours of the submission and evaluation process and to encourage them to think creatively about how to present their research.

The Michigan Journal of Political Science

The Michigan Journal of Political Science  is housed at the University of Michigan and is published bi-annually both in print and online. The journal invites undergraduate students from around the world to submit. Students must create an account before submitting.

Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Excellence

Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Excellence  (JUR) is a peer-reviewed, undergraduate journal registered with the Library of Congress that accepts submissions of any subject, from any undergraduate institution. The review process for publication includes peer, graduate, and faculty referees, ensuring that the journal publishes competitive material that follows the journal’s standards for academic, creative, and passionate work. View our submission guidelines .

Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Journal of Politics

Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Journal of Politics welcomes submissions from undergraduates of any class or major; Pi Sigma Alpha members are especially encouraged to submit. The journal strives to publish manuscripts of the highest quality in all areas of political science. Manuscripts must be unpublished, must include an abstract, and must be less than 35 pages, double spaced. Email submissions to  [email protected]   along with name, university affiliation, and contact information. Submission deadlines are  October 1  for the fall issue and  February 1  for the spring issue, however manuscripts are accepted on a rolling basis.

Student Pulse

Student Pulse is an edited open-access academic journal that publishes the work of undergraduate and graduate students in a range of core academic disciplines, particularly the social sciences and humanities. A strong section of work in the fields of international relations, globalization studies, and international affairs is prominent within the publication. Submissions are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Sound Politicks

Sound Politicks  is the official undergraduate journal of political science at the University of Pennsylvania. It is published annually and covers a wide range of political topics. The journal is a non-profit publication and is edited and published by Penn students. Sound Politicks accepts submissions year-round from undergraduates of any class or major. All submissions should be double-spaced, include footnotes, and be no longer than 4,000 words in length. Submissions and all other inquiries should be e-mailed to  [email protected] .

Southern California International Review (SCIR)

SCIR  is a global undergraduate international studies journal published biannually and funded by the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California. Article topics published in the journal range from economic and political issues to cultural and social themes. The Review publishes up to five exceptional full-length articles in every issue. For questions, email  [email protected]  or visit their website.

Yale Review of International Studies (YRIS)

YRIS  is an undergraduate journal dedicated to publishing both opinion and long-form scholarship on contemporary global issues: their origins, present effects, and the future they will shape. YRIS seeks to stimulate broad and multi-faceted debate on issues ranging from foreign policy to international trends in law, culture, and the environment. Interested students should  contact YRIS .

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We advance principles for the construction of a stable and broadly beneficial world order that does not require significant commonality in interests and values among states. In particular, we propose a ‘meta-regime’ as a device for structuring a conversation around the relevant issues, and facilitating either agreement or accommodation. Participating in this meta-regime would impose few constraints on states, yet in favourable circumstances could facilitate significant cooperation. It could also encourage increased cooperation over time even among adversaries, as participation in the meta-regime builds trust. We apply these ideas to several issue areas, including US–China competition.

We distinguish between ideational and interest-based appeals to voters on the supply side of politics, integrating the Keynes-Hayek perspective on the importance of ideas with the Stigler-Becker approach emphasizing vested interests. In our model, political entrepreneurs discover identity and worldview “memes” (narratives, cues, frames) that invoke voters’ identity concerns or shift their views of how the world works. We identify a potential complementarity between worldview politics and identity politics and illustrate how they may reinforce each other. Furthermore, we show how adverse economic shocks (increasing inequality) lead to a greater incidence of ideational politics. We use these results to analyze data on 60,000 televised political ads in U.S. localities over the years 2000 through 2018. Our empirical work quantifies ideational politics and provides support for key model implications, including the impact of higher inequality on the supply of both identity and worldview politics.

We discuss the considerable literature that has developed in recent years providing rigorous evidence on how industrial policies work. This literature is a significant improvement over the earlier generation of empirical work, which was largely correlational and marred by interpretational problems. On the whole, the recent crop of papers offers a more positive take on industrial policy. We review the standard rationales and critiques of industrial policy and provide a broad overview of new empirical approaches to measurement. We discuss how the recent literature, paying close attention to measurement, causal inference, and economic structure, is offering a nuanced and contextual understanding of the effects of industrial policy. We re-evaluate the East Asian experience with industrial policy in light of recent results. Finally, we conclude by reviewing how industrial policy is being reshaped by a new understanding of governance, a richer set of policy instruments beyond subsidies, and the reality of de-industrialization. 

Using Fontana et al.’s (2019) database, we analyze levels and trends in the global distribution of authorship in economics journals, disaggregating by country/region, quality of journal, and fields of specialization. We document striking imbalances. While Western and Northern European authors have made substantial gains, the representation of authors based in low-income countries remains extremely low -- an order of magnitude lower than the weight of their countries or regions in the global economy. Developing country representation has risen fastest at journals rated 100 th or lower, while it has barely increased in journals rated 25 th or higher. Fields such as international or development where global diversification may have been expected have not experienced much increase in developing country authorship. These results are consistent with a general increase in the relative supply of research in the rest of the world. But they also indicate authors from developing countries remain excluded from the profession’s top-rated journals.

Conventional welfare state policies that center on education, training, progressive taxation, and social insurance are inadequate to address labor market polarization, which is capitalism’s most pressing inclusion challenge at present. We propose a strategy aimed directly at the productive sphere of the economy and targeting an increase in the supply of ‘good jobs. The main elements of this strategy are: (i) active labour market policies linked to employers; (ii) industrial and regional policies directly targeting the creation of good jobs; (iii) innovation policies that incentivize labour-friendly technologies; (iv) international economic policies that facilitate the maintenance of high domestic labour/social standards. These elements are connected both by their objective—expanding the number of good jobs—and by a new approach to regulation that is collaborative and iterative rather than top-down and prescriptive. We emphasize the importance of new institutional arrangements that enable strategic long-term information exchange and cooperation between governments and firms.

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Academic search engines have become the number one resource to turn to in order to find research papers and other scholarly sources. While classic academic databases like Web of Science and Scopus are locked behind paywalls, Google Scholar and others can be accessed free of charge. In order to help you get your research done fast, we have compiled the top list of free academic search engines.

Google Scholar is the clear number one when it comes to academic search engines. It's the power of Google searches applied to research papers and patents. It not only lets you find research papers for all academic disciplines for free but also often provides links to full-text PDF files.

• Coverage: approx. 200 million articles
• Abstracts: only a snippet of the abstract is available
• Related articles: ✔
• References: ✔
• Cited by: ✔
• Links to full text: ✔
• Export formats: APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, Vancouver, RIS, BibTeX

BASE is hosted at Bielefeld University in Germany. That is also where its name stems from (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine).

• Coverage: approx. 136 million articles (contains duplicates)
• Abstracts: ✔
• Related articles: ✘
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• Export formats: RIS, BibTeX

CORE is an academic search engine dedicated to open-access research papers. For each search result, a link to the full-text PDF or full-text web page is provided.

• Coverage: approx. 136 million articles
• Links to full text: ✔ (all articles in CORE are open access)
• Export formats: BibTeX

Science.gov is a fantastic resource as it bundles and offers free access to search results from more than 15 U.S. federal agencies. There is no need anymore to query all those resources separately!

• Coverage: approx. 200 million articles and reports
• Links to full text: ✔ (available for some databases)
• Export formats: APA, MLA, RIS, BibTeX (available for some databases)

Semantic Scholar is the new kid on the block. Its mission is to provide more relevant and impactful search results using AI-powered algorithms that find hidden connections and links between research topics.

• Coverage: approx. 40 million articles
• Export formats: APA, MLA, Chicago, BibTeX

Although Baidu Scholar's interface is in Chinese, its index contains research papers in English as well as Chinese.

• Coverage: no detailed statistics available, approx. 100 million articles
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• Export formats: APA, MLA, RIS, BibTeX

RefSeek searches more than one billion documents from academic and organizational websites. Its clean interface makes it especially easy to use for students and new researchers.

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Consider using a reference manager like Paperpile to save, organize, and cite your references. Paperpile integrates with Google Scholar and many popular databases, so you can save references and PDFs directly to your library using the Paperpile buttons:

Google Scholar is an academic search engine, and it is the clear number one when it comes to academic search engines. It's the power of Google searches applied to research papers and patents. It not only let's you find research papers for all academic disciplines for free, but also often provides links to full text PDF file.

Semantic Scholar is a free, AI-powered research tool for scientific literature developed at the Allen Institute for AI. Sematic Scholar was publicly released in 2015 and uses advances in natural language processing to provide summaries for scholarly papers.

BASE , as its name suggest is an academic search engine. It is hosted at Bielefeld University in Germany and that's where it name stems from (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine).

CORE is an academic search engine dedicated to open access research papers. For each search result a link to the full text PDF or full text web page is provided.

Science.gov is a fantastic resource as it bundles and offers free access to search results from more than 15 U.S. federal agencies. There is no need any more to query all those resources separately!

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• Hein’s Legal Theses and Dissertations Microfiche Mic K556.H45x Drawers 947-949 This microfiche set includes legal theses and dissertations from HLS and other premier law schools. It currently includes about 300 HLS dissertations and theses.
• Hein's Legal Theses and Dissertations Contents List This content list is in order by school only, not by date, subject or author. It references microfiche numbers within the set housed in the Microforms room on the entry level of the library, drawers 947-949. The fiche are a different color for each institution.
• ProQuest Dissertations and Theses @ Harvard University (Harvard login) Copy this search syntax: dg(S.J.D.) You will find about 130 SJD Dissertations dated from 1972 to 2004. They are not available in full text.
• DASH Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard Sponsored by Harvard University’s Office for Scholarly Communication, DASH is an open repository for research papers by members of the Harvard community. There are currently about 600 HLS student papers included. Unfortunately it is not possible to search by type of paper or degree awarded.

The Master of Laws (“LL.M.”) degree has been awarded since 1923. Originally, the degree required completion of a major research paper, akin to a thesis. Since 1993, most students have the option of writing the LL.M. "short paper."  This is a 25-page (or longer) paper advised by a faculty supervisor or completed in conjunction with a seminar.  Fewer LL.M. candidates continue to write the more extensive "long-paper." LL.M. candidates holding J.D.s from the U.S. must write the long paper.

• HLS Written Work Requirements for LL.M. Degree The current explanation of the LL.M. written work requirement for the master of laws.

The library generally holds HLS LL.M. long papers and short papers. In recent years, we require author release in order to do so. In HOLLIS, no distinction is made between types of written work created in satisfaction of the LL.M. degree; all are described as LL.M. thesis. Though we describe them as thesis, the law school refers to them solely as papers or in earlier years, essays. HOLLIS records indicate the number of pages, so at the record level, it is possible to distinguish long papers.

• HLS LL.M. Papers in HOLLIS To refine these search results by topic, faculty advisor, seminar or date, click Add a New Line.

HLS LL.M. Papers are sometimes available in DASH and Hein's Legal Dissertations and Theses. See descriptions above .

The HLS J.D. written work requirement has changed over time. The degree formerly required a substantial research paper comparable in scope to a law review article written under faculty supervision, the "third year paper." Since 2008, J.D. students have the option of using two shorter works instead.

Of all those written, the library holds relatively few third-year papers. They were not actively collected but accepted by submission from faculty advisors who deemed a paper worthy of institutional retention. The papers are described in HOLLIS as third year papers, seminar papers, and student papers. Sometimes this distinction was valid, but not always. The faculty deposit tradition more or less ended in 2006, though the possibility of deposit still exists. 

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• HLS Student Papers Some third-year papers and LL.M. papers were described in HOLLIS simply as student papers. To refine these search results, click "Add a New Line" and add topic, faculty advisor, or course title.
• HLS Seminar Papers Note that these include legal research pathfinders produced for the Advanced Legal Research course when taught by Virginia Wise.

Prize Papers

HLS has many endowed prizes for student papers and essays. There are currently 16 different writing prizes. See this complete descriptive list with links to lists of winners from 2009 to present. Note that there is not always a winner each year for each award. Prize winners are announced each year in the commencement pamphlet.

The Library has not specifically collected prize papers over the years but has added copies when possible. The HOLLIS record for the paper will usually indicate its status as a prize paper. The most recent prize paper was added to the collection in 2006.

Addison Brown Prize Animal Law & Policy Program Writing Prize Victor Brudney Prize Davis Polk Legal Profession Paper Prize Roger Fisher and Frank E.A. Sander Prize Yong K. Kim ’95 Memorial Prize Islamic Legal Studies Program Prize on Islamic Law Laylin Prize LGBTQ Writing Prize Mancini Prize Irving Oberman Memorial Awards John M. Olin Prize in Law and Economics Project on the Foundations of Private Law Prize Sidney I. Roberts Prize Fund Klemens von Klemperer Prize Stephen L. Werner Prize

• Harvard Law School Prize Essays (1850-1868) A historical collection of handwritten prize essays covering the range of topics covered at that time. See this finding aid for a collection description.

The following information about online repositories is not a recommendation or endorsement to participate.

• ProQuest Dissertations and Theses HLS is not an institutional participant to this collection. If you are interested in submitting your work, refer to these instructions and note that there is a fee required, which varies depending on the format of submission.
• EBSCO Open Dissertations Relatively new, this is an open repository of metadata for dissertations. It is an outgrowth of the index American Doctoral Dissertations. The aim is to cover 1933 to present and, for modern works, to link to full text available in institutional repositories. Harvard is not one of the institutional participants.
• DASH Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard

Sponsored by Harvard University’s Office for Scholarly Communication, this is an open repository for research papers by members of the Harvard community. See more information about the project. 

Some HLS students have submitted their degree paper to DASH.  If you would like to submit your paper, you may use this authorization form  or contact June Casey , Librarian for Open Access Initiatives and Scholarly Communication at Harvard Law School.

• ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (Harvard Login) Covers dissertations and masters' theses from North American graduate schools and many worldwide. Provides full text for many since the 1990s and has descriptive data for older works.
• NDLTD Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Union Catalog Worldwide in scope, NDLTD contains millions of records of electronic theses and dissertations from the early 1900s to the present.
• Law Commons of the Digital Commons Network The Law Commons has dissertations and theses, as well as many other types of scholarly research such as book chapters and conference proceedings. They aim to collect free, full-text scholarly work from hundreds of academic institutions worldwide.
• EBSCO Open Dissertations Doctoral dissertations from many institutions. Free, open repository.
• Dissertations from Center for Research Libraries Dissertations found in this resource are available to the Harvard University Community through Interlibrary Loan.
• British Library EThOS Dissertation source from the British Library listing doctoral theses awarded in the UK. Some available for immediate download and some others may be requested for scanning.
• BASE from Bielefeld University Library Index of the open repositoris of most academic institutions. Includes many types of documents including doctoral and masters theses.

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Division of research & innovation division of research & innovation, wayne state university professor receives grant to study quantum tunneling.

DETROIT — A Wayne State University professor recently received a three-year, $626,467 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Division of Physics. The project, “Probing Nonadiabatic Strong Field Ionization with Phase-Resolved Attoclock,” will research a quantum mechanical process known as quantum tunneling.

Wen Li, Ph.D., professor of chemistry in Wayne State’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and his research team propose a new technique they have developed to study the process of quantum tunneling, a quantum mechanical phenomenon in which an object such as an electron or atom passes through a potential energy barrier that, according to classical mechanics, should not be passable due to the object not having sufficient energy to pass or surmount the barrier.

“What’s not known about quantum tunneling is the behavior of the particles during the tunneling process,” said Li. “When you pull electrons through a barrier created by the nucleus with an intense laser field, it is unknown what happens within the barrier. This particle essentially goes through a wall as though there was no wall there and we don’t know how. We want to study what that electron does within that barrier.”

Quantum tunneling is a fundamental process that underpins many important physical phenomena and technologies, such as nuclear fusion and chemical reactions essential for life. Li aims to answer the critical question of whether tunneling is instantaneous and will investigate whether new detector technologies can be developed.

“Other than study the general behavior of particles, we want to understand the process to improve attosecond pulse production,” said Li. “This is important for developing a fast camera that takes 10 to the power of 16 frames per second to measure fast electron processes, such as those seen during a chemical reaction. We need something that fast to observe these processes. If you understand electrons, you can understand chemical reactions. If you understand chemical reactions, you can understand biology. That means that the eventual applications of this research could be enormous.”

“This research has the potential to have a far-reaching impact in a wide range of fields, including medicine, business and beyond,” said Ezemenari M. Obasi, Ph.D., vice president for research & innovation at Wayne State University. “I look forward to seeing the important outcomes of Dr. Li’s research team.”

The award number for this National Science Foundation grant is 2409529.

About Wayne State University

Wayne State University is one of the nation’s pre-eminent public research universities in an urban setting. Through its multidisciplinary approach to research and education, and its ongoing collaboration with government, industry and other institutions, the university seeks to enhance economic growth and improve the quality of life in the city of Detroit, state of Michigan and throughout the world. For more information about research at Wayne State University, visit research.wayne.edu .

Wayne State University’s research efforts are dedicated to a prosperity agenda that betters the lives of our students, supports our faculty in pushing the boundaries of knowledge and innovation further, and strengthens the bonds that interconnect Wayne State and our community. To learn more about Wayne State University’s prosperity agenda, visit president.wayne.edu/prosperity-agenda .

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Organized and hosted by  Multimedia University of Kenya, African Interdisciplinary Studies Association (AISA) and the Centre for Democracy, Research and Development (CEDRED) , this 16th International Interdisciplinary Conference will be held on  June 25 to 27, 2025 at Nairobi, Kenya. The conference will bring together scholars from all over the world to make presentations on matters that touch on research and development in Africa. Submission of abstracts : Send abstracts of between 250 and 300 words, including full contact details (title, name, address, email-address, and telephone) as well as institutional affiliation by March 30 2025 to Prof. Maurice N. Amutabi and Prof. (Eng) Abel Mayaka at  [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected]   or [email protected] or [email protected]  

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University of utah invites faculty to join new international olympic research project.

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The University of Utah and Université Côte d'Azur in Nice, France, are excited to announce a collaborative international research program geared toward Sustainable and Inclusive Olympic and Paralympic Games. The U invites interested faculty whose research areas intersect with the project's four pillars to apply to be a contributor:

• Sustainable Environment and Biodiversity
• Sustainable Infrastructure and Planning
• Sustainable Socio-Economic Impact
• Sustainable Health and Well-being

"Playing host to the Olympics is an honor and also an enormous undertaking,” said Mitzi Montoya, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the U. “We look forward to leveraging our institutional resources, unique geographic perspectives, and research expertise to support the sustainable development of the Games.”

The U and Université Côte d'Azur first established a partnership in 2017 and have since jointly launched a successful Film & Media Arts learning abroad program.

This new, ambitious research partnership focused on the Olympics is set to launch in Fall 2024 and represents the growth of the relationship into the research sphere. It will highlight both institutions' commitment to ground-breaking innovation and impactful science-based actions to address societal challenges and support economic development.

"We anticipate the outcomes of the research to inform best practices regarding policy for environmental and biodiversity protection, and the well-being of the athletes and communities engaged in the Olympic and Paralympic Games," said Erin Rothwell, vice president for research at the U.

U faculty interested in participating should:

• Provide a summary (300 words or less) of your research interest related to one of the four pillars (see below for more details). Include any additional pertinent information, such as experience or connections with the research themes. NOTE: please do NOT provide a CV. Summaries are preferred. Send to both Cheri Daily , Executive Director for the Office for Global Engagement and Caren Frost , Associate Vice President for Research Integrity & Compliance.

Meetings will begin in late-August to prepare for a Fall delegation visit from Côte d’Azur. This project will involve faculty from across campus and all departments are encouraged to consider where they might contribute.

4 Research Pillars

• Protection of the Mountains and their Biodiversity: Ensuring the preservation of mountain ecosystems and the species that inhabit them by preventing habitat destruction; minimizing disturbances to wildlife; and promoting area restoration after the games.
• Carbon Emissions: Promoting the use of renewable energy sources, public transportation, emissions standards, and offsetting carbon footprints.
• Water Usage and Management. Ensuring efficient water use for snowmaking, maintaining environmental sustainability, supporting venue preparation and enabling climate adaptation, promoting health and safety while considering community impacts and ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Planning, Landscapes, Soil Sustainability: Preserving natural landscapes and ensuring soil stability during construction and event activities thus minimizing land disturbance, implementing erosion control measures, and restoring landscapes post-games.
• Snow Properties and Dynamics: Understanding snow properties and dynamics to ensure optimal competition conditions, enhanced athlete and spectator safety, and promoting efficient resource use to support adaption to climate variability.
• Sustainable Infrastructures: Ensuring the construction of energy-efficient buildings and infrastructures, using sustainable materials and designing multipurpose venues for sustainable use by the community during and after the games.
• Sustainable Planning: Integrating sustainability into all aspects of planning, from transportation to waste management, and involving local communities in the decision-making processes. This can include the inclusion of decentralized production using 3D printers to reduce transportation costs and environmental impact or developing the value chain for intermediate vehicles to support sustainable transportation solutions.
• Local Climate Impact: Conducting environmental impact assessments, implementing green building practices, and promoting sustainable tourism to limit the alteration of local climate conditions due to the influx of visitors and construction activities.
• Population Flux: Managing the large influx of athletes, spectators, and media by ensuring efficient transportation, providing adequate housing, and managing crowd flow to prevent congestion and maintain safety.
• Sustainable History, Memory and Heritage: Study and comparative analysis on the history and memory of sport between the South PACA region and Utah. Identify traces, archives, testimonies and heritage stories, propose a common reflection, consider the promotion of these stories in connection with questions of preservation and the environment.
• Weather Forecasting: Deploying advanced meteorological equipment, providing real-time weather updates, and developing contingency plans for adverse weather conditions for planning and safety during the games.
• Sustainable Economy: Address various dimensions of sustainability and economic growth to yield long-term impacts for the host community as a thriving, sustainable economic hub through the optimization of the infrastructure, tourism potential, and international exposure associated with hosting the Winter Olympic Games.
• Circular Economy: Implement strategies to minimize waste and maximize resource utilization by adopting circular economy and functional economy frameworks, such as energy communities and energy and digital sobriety. It can also include the fostering the functional economy by embracing service provision models, including equipment leasing, shared facilities, and product-as-a-service.
• Sustainable Behavior: Support the adoption of sustainable behavior by the visitors, the organizers and the athletes through nudges and similar mechanisms.
• Physical Health: Ensuring training, conditioning, and medical support to prevent and manage injuries, including adequate nutrition and hydration plans addressing energy needs, recovery, and performance optimization. Accessible medical services and emergency care are also addressed.
• Mental Health: Understanding mental health mechanisms in athletes to prevent distress while developing access to sports psychologists and mental health professionals to support the management of stress, anxiety, and other mental health issues.
• Environmental Factors: Ensuring low pollution levels and monitoring air quality to limit the impact on respiratory health and performance on the one hand and, on the other hand, understanding the impact of weather conditions on health and performance.
• Medical and Doping Regulations: Adopting strict anti-doping regulations to ensure fair competition and protect athletes' health including through testing techniques and education.

How Alzheimer’s disease could be reversed through lifestyle changes: new research

• A plant-based diet, strength training exercise and meditation can help reverse the disease’s symptoms, study says

It is not often you hear a hopeful story or read an encouraging study about dementia, given the sobering statistics about the disease.

Someone in the world develops dementia every three seconds, according to the non-profit Alzheimer’s Disease International. More than 55 million people worldwide lived with dementia in 2020, a number that is expected to double every 20 years, reaching 78 million in 2030 and 139 million in 2050.

Dr Dean Ornish, a professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco and founder and president of the non-profit Preventive Medicine Research Institute, also in California, paints a brighter picture in a paper published in June in the journal Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy.

He suggests that radical lifestyle changes might not only slow the progression of dementia, but could even reverse it.

It sounds too good to be true given the less encouraging stories of a cure for the disease. But Ornish has reason to be optimistic.

“People talk about Alzheimer’s disease today just like they used to talk about heart disease,” he said in a recent podcast from the non-profit Us Against Alzheimer’s. “Forty-five years ago, the best that was hoped for was that the progression of heart disease might be slowed, not reversed altogether.”

It has since been proven to be reversible.

Ornish’s rules for health – and a healthy brain – as we age are simple: “Eat well, move more, stress less and love more.”

Ornish’s study – admittedly a small study sample – reviewed 51 adults in their 70s who all had signs of mild cognitive impairment or early Alzheimer’s.

At the end of the five-month study period, 70 per cent of the control group had worse cognitive function. Of the group who engaged in healthy interventions, 70 per cent were either stable or markedly improved.

The changes in some individuals were significant. Several participants whose symptoms had seen them stop reading began to read again; a musician remembered his music; a businessman who had not been able to manage his affairs was able to again; and a number of people who had struggled to follow complicated movie plots were able to enjoy films again.

The positive changes among participants who undertook interventions were astonishing given the short length of the study, the authors said.

Cici Zerbe, a Californian now in her mid-80s, was one of the patients in the control group. Her dementia appeared to worsen during the study but by the end, she committed to changing her lifestyle radically.

Five years later, in the documentary The Last Alzheimer’s Patient made for CNN by Dr Sanjay Gupta, Zerbe opens the door to Gupta and greets him by name.

In the documentary, Zerbe says her symptoms have been reversed after changes she made following the end of the study. She now walks every day and admits to a big change in her diet. “I haven’t had a breaded veal cutlet in years,” she laughs.

Gupta, who has Alzheimer’s in his family, is acutely aware of his own risk and had his profile analysed for the documentary.

In the course of assessing his risk, he spoke to neurologist and researcher Dr Richard Isaacson, director of the Florida Atlantic University Centre for Brain Health.

Isaacson, who also has the disease in his family, describes the recent case of Simon Nicholls. Nicholls lost his mother to Alzheimer’s and, at 55, was concerned about his memory. He spent a year under Isaacson’s care to manage his risk.

“His brain grew and his belly size got smaller,” Isaacson notes in the documentary.

Gupta’s tests were all normal. Isaacson calls him a “walking modifiable risk factor for Alzheimer’s” – in other words, he can keep managing his lifestyle to minimise his chance of developing the disease.

There were no signs or amyloid plaques or tau tangles in his brain, but as Gupta notes, he still has to watch for them.

Isaacson’s tips for best brain health in old age include eating a mostly plant-based diet; exercising regularly; taking brisk walks, particularly while wearing a weighted belt; and wearing a glucose monitor to keep an eye on blood sugar fluctuations.

Ornish – who designed a diet that experts recognised as being among the top healthy diets in the world in 2024 – says the problem with Alzheimer’s disease at the moment is that it can isolate a person, which further hastens the development of the disease.

Changing the way you live now – whatever your age – for better brain health later is a message of hope, he says, not despair.