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New Hampshire Business Review

Jul 17, 2026

Dartmouth Professor Honored for Developing 'Camera-on-a-Chip' That Powers Smartphones

Eric Fossum, a senior professor of emerging technologies, received the Bayh-Dole Coalition's American Innovator Award for co-inventing the camera-on-a-chip technology used in smartphones, medical devices and other electronics. The article also highlights Fossum's leadership of Dartmouth's PhD Innovation Program, which helps doctoral students commercialize research and launch startup companies.

Livin on Earth

Jul 17, 2026

Melting Glaciers Trigger Earthquakes [Audio]

Colin Meyer, an associate professor of engineering, discusses research linking glacier melt to increased seismic activity beneath Mont Blanc in the Alps. Meyer explains that meltwater can lubricate fractures in bedrock, triggering small earthquakes, and says the study illustrates how climate change is affecting natural systems in unexpected ways. "It's connecting the story about how climate is causing mountain glaciers to melt, and how that's affecting systems that are beyond the typical systems we think about," Meyer said.

Grist

Jul 17, 2026

Biden's Climate Law Is Dead. The Energy Transition Might Not Be.

Erin Mayfield, an assistant professor of engineering who served as a climate consultant to the Biden administration, comments on the rocky climate and energy outlook one year after the repeal of the Inflation Reduction Act. "With the Inflation Reduction Act, the idea was that you're building this kind of foundation for future change," Mayfield said.

Canary Media

Jul 13, 2026

Plug-In Batteries Kept NYC Renters Cool During Record Heat Wave

Bryan Bollinger '03, Th'03, a professor of marketing, comments on a pilot program that uses home batteries to power window air conditioners during periods of peak electricity demand. "Distributed energy storage is a resource that [utilities] can leverage to avoid these peak demand spikes, and there's a clear benefit for them, in terms of deferring their capacity investments," said Bollinger.

Inc.

Jul 10, 2026

The Secret Behind Delta's Massive Second-Quarter Revenue Growth—and It's Not Just Higher Ticket Prices

Vikrant Vaze, a professor of engineering, attributes Delta Airlines' strong second-quarter performance to a structure and business strategy that make it somewhat "immune to competition" as well as spikes in oil prices. "It is always hard to attribute these earnings exclusively to one or two factors, but in many ways, Delta is uniquely placed to do well in the current setting," Vaze said.

Pathology in Practice

Jun 23, 2026

mRNA Flu Vaccine Offers Wider Protection

Jiwon Lee, an adjunct assistant professor of engineering, co-authored research finding that an investigational mRNA influenza vaccine generated broader and more durable immune responses than a standard flu shot.

Physics Today

Jun 17, 2026

The History of Eyeballs as Particle Detectors

Lesley Jarvis, an associate professor of radiation oncology and applied sciences, and Brian Pogue, a professor of biomedical engineering, appear in an article about the human eye's ability to detect high-energy particles. Jarvis and Pogue worked on a camera for detecting radiation that produced visible light in a patient's eye during testing, which Jarvis later confirmed was produced by charged particles. "And all of a sudden, right out of her pupil we saw blue light glowing out of her eye," Jarvis said.

News Medical

Jun 16, 2026

New mRNA flu vaccine offers broader protection against influenza strains

Features research co-authored by Jiwon Lee, an adjunct assistant professor of engineering, finding that an investigational mRNA influenza vaccine generated broader and more durable immune responses than a standard flu shot.