CRIMECo-Offenders Likely to Violently Turn on One Another: Gang Study Published 27 April 2022 Researchers use over a decade of data from Thames Valley Police to reveal ‘mechanisms’ that generate and sustain violence within networks of organized crime. The first study to take a ‘network analysis’ approach to patterns of violence within UK organized crime gangs

INNOVATIONReal-Time Flood Sensors, Dancing Drones and More Published 27 April 2022 Over 40 innovations, including new influenza diagnosis tests and human-driven robots, will be on display at the Research Excellence Exhibit this Friday at NYU. The NYU Tandon School of Engineering will showcase over 40 innovative and future-forward research projects by faculty and students, along with interactive, family-friendly

ENERGY SECURITYHarnessing Wave Energy Published 27 April 2022 Most wave energy devices only capture energy in one direction, such as an up-down motion, but waves have some movement in multiple directions. Illinois Institute of Technologyassociate professor Carrie Hall has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright United States Scholar Award to work on harvesting wave energy as a

CLIMATE CHALLENGESBringing Big Science to Address the Climate Challenge Published 27 April 2022 Tackling the climate crisis and achieving an equitable clean energy future are among the biggest challenges of our time. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the largest Department of Energy science and energy laboratory in the country, says it is deeply invested in the

NUCLEAR SAFETYRisks of an Unfamiliar New Nuclear Age Published 26 April 2022 High-tech advances in weapons technologies and a return of ‘great power nuclear politics’, risk the world ‘sleepwalking’ into a nuclear age vastly different from the established order of the Cold War, experts warn. Stockpiles are much reduced from the peak of up to

ELECTION SECURITYRussian Trolls Tried to Distract American Voters with Entertainment Published 26 April 2022 In a finding that has implications for the 2022 midterm elections, Cornell researchers found Russia tried to distract liberal voters during the 2016 presidential campaign with a seemingly innocent weapon – tweets about music and videos – taking a page from

CYBERSECURITY EDUCATIONIllinois Tech’s CyberHawks Win National Cybersecurity Championship Published 26 April 2022 A team of students from Illinois Institute of Technology’s cybersecurity student organization CyberHawks won the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity Cyber Games National Championship last week. Sixty-five teams from 55 colleges competed in the competition overall. A team of students from Illinois

CYBERSECURITYAI, Machine Learning to Help Defend Against Cyberattacks Published 26 April 2022 Two new tools are helping cybersecurity professionals fight the vast volume of threats and attacks— artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. AI and machine learning can detect novel malicious code, catch fraudulent charges on a credit card or fraudulent network login attempts, block

GUNSFirearms Kill More Children Than Car Crashes: Report Published 26 April 2022 Latest CDC data show that guns now kill more children than any other cause, but health care interventions show promise for prevention. Gun violence in the United States has increased to the point that it now kills more children than any other cause, including

HURRICANESHuman-Induced Climate Change Is Affecting Hurricane Severity Published 26 April 2022 A study that analyzed the entire 2020 North Atlantic hurricane season — in conjunction with human activity that affects climate change — found that hourly hurricane rainfall totals were up to 10 percent higher compared to hurricanes that took place in the pre-industrial (1850) era.