New Research Center Funded by $12.2M Grant to Focus on Power Grid Cybersecurity The U.S. Department of Energy is providing a $12.2 million grant to the U of A and research partners to... Read More
Gun Lobby Limits Firearms-Related Violence Research Amid the bloodbaths of 21st-century America, you might think that there would be a lot of research into the causes... Read More
Stanford Professor Strives to Fix Driverless Cars’ Major Flaw: Ethical Decision-Making It’s nothing more than a dune buggy on a cordoned-off street but it’s headed for trouble. A jumble of sawhorses... Read More
FAA Testing Technology to Locate Illegal Drone Operators The Federal Aviation Administration has signed an agreement to test technology that could locate the operators of small drones that... Read More
Erie Insurance Finds Teen Car Crash Deaths Drop by Nearly 50% An Erie Insurance analysis of teen driving data finds the number of teens killed in car crashes has dropped dramatically... Read More
Using Telematics in Claims Usage-based insurance telematics have been used in underwriting and in developing new products, but industry experts say claims can benefit... Read More
Why Drugs Cost 3 Times More in the U.S. U.S. prices for the world’s 20 top-selling medicines are, on average, three times higher than in Britain, according to an... Read More
Fantasy Sports Sites Target of Lawsuit Citing Fraud Fantasy sports companies FanDuel and DraftKings are coming under further pressure as a player in Kentucky accused them of negligence... Read More
Huge El Nino Expected, But Early Readings Deceiving The El Nino raising temperatures across the Pacific and roiling global weather patterns is poised to make the record books,... Read More
Smartphones Could Benefit From New Emergency Alert Technology to Fine-Tune Warnings Smartphones — owned by a record 64 percent of American adults — are increasingly used as effective means to deliver... Read More