Getting cold feet is inconvenient in many situations—including when you go to bed. “Our body temperature leads our sleep cycle,” says Kenneth Diller, a professor of biomedical engineering at the…
Lunar Energy lands $232M to boost smart home batteries
Silicon Valley–based startup Lunar Energy has spent the last six years building a business for its smart home batteries and the virtual power plant software that can orchestrate those systems…
Louise Cheynel | Toadally in the spotlight
In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, author Louise Cheynel – a Postdoc at Lyon 1 University, France – shines a light on the impacts of nocturnal light pollution on…
California has abundant solar power. Here’s how factories can use it.
California’s power system has an infamous problem. Solar projects produce more electricity than is needed during the day but too little to satisfy demand at night. So the state’s major…
Will HHS Enhance or Stall the Promise of Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare?
By STEVEN ZECOLA In its Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (V.3), the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) acknowledges that: “For too long, our Department has been bogged down by…
Can You Ski With a Torn ACL?
Skier Lindsey Vonn said she plans to still compete at the upcoming Milano Cortina Winter Olympics despite sustaining a serious knee injury about a week before her first race. Vonn,…
What’s the Easiest Way to Start Strength Training?
Imagine there was something you could do that would not only improve your mood, cognition, and energy, but also lower your chances of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and even death.…
How Iowa has turned against wind
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News , a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here . SHENANDOAH, Iowa…
Colorado co-ops to Trump: Let us close our aging coal plant
The Trump administration is facing lawsuits from states and environmental groups opposing its use of emergency power to force aging coal plants to stay online. Now, add utilities to its…
Arnold Ventures Part II “Structuring Information Felicitously”
By JEFF GOLDSMITH In the first part of our look at Arnold Ventures, we explored its business model and generous support of elite University health policy experts to further an…