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Latest Expert Answers
Researchers in Auburn’s College of Sciences and Mathematics are helping lead a global effort to study a rare interstellar visitor. The comet 3I/ATLAS — only the third object ever observed from outside our solar system — offers a unique opportunity to investigate the building blocks of other planetary systems. With time secured on space telescopes like Hubble and James Webb, COSAM scientists are at the forefront of uncovering what this object can tell us.
What happens to power systems during extreme heat? Are blackouts inevitable as climate change intensifies? What can help? Professor Eduard Muljadi answers these questions and more.
High school students can sample campus life through summer camps. The experience often solidifies students' decisions to attend Auburn and select a major.
Auburn researcher finds current construction practices are sufficient to withstand hurricane-force winds — provided they are executed properly.
Shiwen Mao explains how advancing technologies, including 6G, are transforming how people communicate and access information.
As National Nurses Week approaches (May 6-12), Business faculty member Hao Ding explains how a research study he co-authored can help hospital administrators improve patient outcomes and the organization’s bottom line — all by changing the way they view nurses’ productivity.
Auburn’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture is teaching future generations of architects how to create communities that will stand the test of time — and changing economic conditions.
In their annual content analysis of Super Bowl advertisers and their ads, Harbert College of Business marketing professors Linda and O.C. Ferrell reveal who's in, who's out and why.
Three pathobiologists in the College of Veterinary Medicine talk about the rise in bird flu cases nationally, the potential for more transmission to humans and ways people can stay as safe as possible.
Heather Alexander in the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment is an expert in fire ecology and flammability of forests, and she took time to answer questions for an installment of Expert Answers about the California wildfires and Alabama's preparedness level.