Stories by

Brandie Jefferson

An alert broker will make data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory freely available online within seconds of receiving them, lowering the barrier of entry to studying the universe.

Ian Flynn’s findings on Google’s NotebookLM tool was selected as an American Geophysical Union featured story.

How wild birds use language has long flown under the radar — but now Christine Dahlin’s research is moving scientists closer to understanding.

A critic of what he says are unjustifiably bold claims in his field, the Pitt physicist advocates for more data sharing in a new paper in Science.  

The research assistant professor will study goal-directed vs. habitual behavior over the next three years.

Pitt student Daniel Ivanov discovered what may be the earliest barred spiral galaxy that astronomers have ever found.

A study out of Nadine McQuarrie’s lab found that river capture resulted in these vast geographical structures in the Andean Plateau.

A research team including Pitt engineers used quantum chemistry to uncover design principles for generating sustainable alternatives to chlorine.

A highly selective sensor developed by Pitt researchers can quantify immune responses — but may also have implications for everything from cancer treatments to allergy detection.

The study, by Graham Hatfull and colleagues, surmounts a long-lasting barrier to constructing the genomes of bacteria-killing viruses.