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Americans Confident in Future Despite Believing Country Is on Wrong Track, New Survey Finds
Most American voters have confidence in the future of the United States, even though a large majority believes the country is heading down the wrong track, according to a new survey from the GW Society of Presidential Pollsters.
GW Disinformation Institute Joins Project to Monitor Political Facebook Ads
The GW Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics (IDDP) helped launch a new media tool from the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. The NYU Ad Observatory allows reporters, researchers, thought leaders, policy makers and the general public to easily analyze political ads on Facebook ahead of the 2020 U.S. elections.
George Washington University Launches Novel COVID-19 Testing Protocol
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Ancient Earthquake May Have Caused Destruction of Canaanite Palace at Tel Kabri
A team of Israeli and American researchers funded by grants from the National Geographic Society and the Israel Science Foundation has uncovered new evidence that an earthquake may have caused the destruction and abandonment of a flourishing Canaanite palatial site about 3,700 years ago.
Unionized Nursing Homes Had Fewer COVID-19 Deaths, New Study Finds
Nursing homes where employees were unionized had a 30% lower COVID-19 mortality rate than those without organized staffs, according to a GW-led study.
Vaccine Proponents and Opponents are Vectors of Misinformation Online
Researchers from the George Washington University, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University assessed content from the most active vaccine-related accounts on Twitter and found that even accounts with pro-vaccination views and higher public health credibility can be vectors of misinformation in the highly uncertain and rapidly changing environment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
New Surgical Tools with Smart Sensors Can Advance Cardiac Surgery and Therapy
Researchers developed a new class of medical instruments equipped with an advanced soft electronics system that could dramatically improve the diagnoses and treatments of a number of cardiac diseases and conditions.
Changing Landscapes, Changing Diets
A new study led by Enquye Negash, a postdoctoral researcher in the George Washington University Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences documents dietary shifts in herbivores that lived between 1-3 million years ago in Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley.
GW Launches Presidential Prediction Project for 2020 Battleground States
A new election prediction model will use Twitter data, which measures the pulse of public conversations about campaign politics, to improve predictions of a model using polling and other fundamental data. Researchers at the GW Graduate School of Political Management will apply the novel technique to forecasts of 12 battleground states and publish projection updates every two weeks on Tuesdays until the election on Nov. 3.
For Chimpanzees, Salt and Pepper Hair Not a Marker of Old Age
A new study published today in the journal PLOS ONE by researchers at the George Washington University found graying hair is not indicative of a chimpanzee’s age.
“Knock Codes” For Smartphone Security Are Easily Predicted, Researchers Say
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GW Launches Tech-Focused MBA Program with DHS
The GW School of Business will launch a new Master of Business Administration degree focused on security technology transition, under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The program is part of a new DHS Center of Excellence, which the GW School of Business will lead.
GW Announces Launch of ‘ISIS Files’ Public Digital Repository
GW launched its ISIS Files repository, a virtual public repository features a selection of the 15,000 digitized pages from the documents collected in Iraq by New York Times journalist Rukmini Callimachi and a team of Iraqi translators.
Strainoptronics: A New Way to Control Photons
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Timothy Pierce: [email protected], 202-994-5647
GW Experts Available to Discuss the Supreme Court Ruling on DACA
The George Washington University has faculty available to provide opinions, expertise and commentary on a variety of topics related to today’s SCOTUS ruling that the Trump administration may not proceed with its plan to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation.
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New Study Describes How Surface Texture Can Help or Hinder Formation of Ice Crystals
GW Extremism Tracker: US Officials Charged 122 People with Offenses Related to the Islamic State Group Since March 2014
Study Finds Bonobos May Be Better Representation of the Last Common Ancestor with Humans than Common Chimpanzees
GW Extremism Tracker: US Officials Charged 117 People with Offenses Related to the Islamic State Group Since March 2014
GW Extremism Tracker: US Officials Charged 115 People with Offenses Related to the Islamic State Group Since March 2014
Researchers Design Facial Recognition System as a Less Invasive Approach to Tracking Lemurs in the Wild
GW Extremism Tracker: US Officials Charged 114 People with Offenses Related to the Islamic State Group Since March 2014
New study finds evolution of brain and tooth size were not linked in humans
Americans’ Likeliness to Believe in Climate Change Connected to Geographic Location and Local Weather Events, Study Finds
New Study Describes How Surface Texture Can Help or Hinder Formation of Ice Crystals
A new study examining how ice forms from pure water found that the geometry of the surface that water is on can have an effect on whether or not it freezes, suggesting that surface geometry plays an important role in ice formation.GW Extremism Tracker: US Officials Charged 122 People with Offenses Related to the Islamic State Group Since March 2014
The number of charges related to the Islamic State group issued in the United States since March 2014 increased from 117 to 122, according to updated research from the George Washington University’s Program on Extremism.Study Finds Bonobos May Be Better Representation of the Last Common Ancestor with Humans than Common Chimpanzees
A new study examining the muscular system of bonobos provides firsthand evidence that the rare great ape species may be more closely linked, anatomically, to human ancestors than common chimpanzees.GW Extremism Tracker: US Officials Charged 117 People with Offenses Related to the Islamic State Group Since March 2014
The number of charges related to the Islamic State group issued in the United States since March 2014 increased from 115 to 117, according to updated research from the George Washington University’s Program on Extremism.GW Extremism Tracker: US Officials Charged 115 People with Offenses Related to the Islamic State Group Since March 2014
The number of charges related to the Islamic State group issued in the United States since March 2014 increased from 114 to 115, according to updated research from the George Washington University’s Program on Extremism.Researchers Design Facial Recognition System as a Less Invasive Approach to Tracking Lemurs in the Wild
A team of researchers has developed a new computer-assisted recognition system that can identify individual lemurs in the wild by their facial characteristics and ultimately help to build a database for long-term research on lemur species.GW Extremism Tracker: US Officials Charged 114 People with Offenses Related to the Islamic State Group Since March 2014
The number of charges related to the Islamic State group issued in the United States since March 2014 increased from 113 to 114, according to updated research from the George Washington University’s Program on Extremism.New study finds evolution of brain and tooth size were not linked in humans
The finding suggests that our brains and teeth did not evolve in lock step and were likely influenced by different ecological and behavioral factors.Americans’ Likeliness to Believe in Climate Change Connected to Geographic Location and Local Weather Events, Study Finds
A new study finds local weather may play an important role in Americans’ belief in climate change.Office of Media Relations
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