Auburn University’s faculty experts offer their thoughts and answers on a variety of real-world topics as they make national headlines. Our experts speak on everything from cybersecurity to 3D printing to stock market concerns to hurricane preparedness to the needed response amid a national opioid crisis. Have questions about the news of the day? We have “Expert Answers.”
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Latest Expert Answers
Q&A: Unpacking the AU-BISR system
Auburn expert Robert Norton describes ongoing plans for the Auburn University Biosurveillance Intelligance, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (AU-BISR) system, which is designed to monitor, detect and analyze potential chemical, biological and radiological threats.
Physics Q&A: Interstellar object
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.
Power under pressure
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.
Summer in Auburn
High school students can sample campus life through summer camps. The experience often solidifies students' decisions to attend Auburn and select a major.
The digital future
Shiwen Mao explains how advancing technologies, including 6G, are transforming how people communicate and access information.
Benefits of hiring more nurses outweigh costs, researchers say
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.
Learning to build a better world
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.