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The Verge

Jul 25, 2026

Is this e-reader case a gun?

Professor Sol Diamond is quoted in an article about why mandating gun-blocking software is an unwinnable task. "Basing blocking tech on visual resemblance is where the false positive concerns arise because a prop and a real functional firearm resemble one another," Diamond told The Verge. "The technical challenge here is that depending on training data and algorithms used, setting decision thresholds that have acceptably low false positive rates might have unacceptably high false negative rates and vice versa. Visual resemblance might be fooled by [the] gun-shaped e-reader case ... Geometric Identification would not be fooled by your gun-shaped e-reader case."

New Hampshire Business Review

Jul 17, 2026

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

Professor Eric Fossum 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.

Living on Earth

Jul 17, 2026

Melting Glaciers Trigger Earthquakes [Audio]

Professor Colin Meyer 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.

Professor Erin Mayfield, 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.

sciencenews.dk

Jul 12, 2026

The continent beneath Antarctica could reshape sea-level forecasts

Professor Hélène Seroussi is quoted extensively about a study she conducted with Research Associate Justine Caillet titled "Uncertain ground: impact of bed topography on Antarctic Ice Sheet projections" published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A. "We have spent decades improving climate models, but if we do not know exactly what the ice is resting on, it is like trying to predict a car's route without knowing the road," said Seroussi.

Inc.

Jul 10, 2026

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

Professor Vikrant Vaze 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.

Today at Elon

Jul 06, 2026

Center for Design Thinking co-hosts the 2026 Future of Design in Higher Education Conference

Professor Eugene Korsunskiy, Executive Director of the Future of Design in Higher Education (FDHE), is quoted in an article about this year's FDHE conference, dedicated to bringing together individuals who study and practice design thinking. "This year's gathering, hosted by Duke University and Elon University, has been such a wonderful experience, allowing this interdisciplinary group of teacher-scholars to exchange ideas and build meaningful relationships," said Korsunskiy.