海角社区 web partner Futurity expands to U.K.
Research news website Futurity gains new contributing
universities in the U.K.
The research news Web site Futurity, featuring discoveries from
海角社区 and 45 other research universities in North America, has
gained seven new partners in the U.K.
Since launching in September, Futurity has attracted more than
400,000 visitors to stories covering topics in health, culture, the
environment, science, engineering and technology. Recent posts have
profiled findings about poverty and postpartum depression, flexible
solar cells, Facebook fans, coral reefs, energy-efficient
prosthetics, and nanofibres that might one day be woven into
clothes that could charge a cell phone.
Jenny Leonard, who is based at the University of Rochester, edits
Futurity. 鈥淔uturity has found a substantial audience among
consumers who are searching for more news about research and
science,鈥� she says. 鈥淲e鈥檙e also reaching younger readers who prefer
to find their news on the Web. We are delighted with the enthusiasm
our new British partners bring to this important effort.鈥�
Most Futurity stories include links to published reports and
supplemental materials that allow readers to explore topics in more
detail. Visitors can post comments, direct questions to
researchers, and sign up for a daily e-mail update. Fans can follow
Futurity on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.
Futurity plans to release mobile apps for iPhone, BlackBerry and
Android this spring.