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130,000 years of data show peatlands store carbon long-term

First study of the extent of global peatland and carbon storage over the last 130,000 years fills in key knowledge gap, affirms peatlands’ effectiveness as a long-term carbon storage mechanism over a long timescale

Laser-fabricated crystals in glass are ferroelectric, could power next-generation communication systems

For the first time, a team of researchers from Lehigh University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Lebanon Valley College and Corning Inc. has demonstrated that laser-generated crystals confined in glass retain controllable ferroelectric properties, key to creating faster, more efficient optical communication systems.

Eric Baumer Wins 2019 NSF CAREER Award

Baumer is working to develop participatory methods for human-centered design of algorithmic systems.

Lehigh Pioneering Student-Centered, 'Use-Inspired' Approach to Graduate Education

With recent NSF support, Lehigh science, engineering and education faculty will develop a new approach to graduate education centered around a stronger collaboration between academia and industry than the traditional method.

What's Your Data Privacy Style?

Professor Eric P. S. Baumer’s new NSF-funded study will examine data privacy styles with an eye toward understanding how to design human-centered technology to support various user approaches to data privacy. 

Peat Expansion in the Arctic Tundra Could Play a Role in Cooling a Warming Planet

The National Science Foundation has awarded Professor Zicheng Yu a grant to study the rapidly changing Arctic and track the dynamics of peatlands as part of one of its ten “Big Ideas” for scientists to tackle.

Lehigh Hosts Workshop on the Convergence of Materials Research and Multi-Sensory Data Science

The three-day NSF workshop invited participants from multiple disciplines to explore real-world challenges. 

Ph.D. student wins prestigious national award

Courtney Au-Yeung’s research aims for all-optical data transmission.

Nuclear Fusion Comes Into Focus

A novel test facility sheds light on the hydrodynamic instabilities that limit the efficiency of the fusion reactor.

The Vibrating Essence of the Universe

String theory, says Sera Cremonini, links Einstein and quantum mechanics, and the Big Bang with black holes.