Adrian Bejan, the J.A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Duke University, has published a new book titled “Time and Beauty: Why Time Flies and Beauty Never Dies.” This is Bejan’s fourth book written for a general audience that uses his concept of constructal law — the tendency of all systems to evolve towards easier access to flow — to explain everyday phenomena that aren’t traditionally tied to physics. The book was published in early February 2022 by World Scientific.

The process is sustainable and is described by researchers at universities in Brazil and Portugal in the journal Green Chemistry. The article is one of those highlighted as “hot” by the journal’s editors and referees.

Rice University bioengineer Gang Bao is developing a three-pronged attack on solid cancer tumors. The research now has the support of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a $9.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to lead a consortium of health care institutions that are analyzing nationwide health data in an effort to unravel the complexities of long COVID.

As most of the world came to a halt at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers were trying to find a way to engage students through research at a distance. University of Georgia professor of biochemistry and molecular biology Erin Dolan and her research team carried out a study to appraise the remote programs that grew from this challenge.