Muriel Vega

Aircraft maintenance costs major U.S. airlines billions every year. Every time there’s a maintenance delay (and a lot of grumpy passengers), the airline feels the impact immediately on its bottom…

Every year, about 35 million Americans provide unpaid care to at least one adult over the age of 50 due to Alzheimer’s, dementia, or another neurocognitive conditions. More often than…

Every startup begins with an idea, but what if you don’t have the $60,000 on average that it takes to file a patent on hand right now? Many founders don’t…

When prospective students apply to colleges, they often have no visibility into their applications’ real-time status or access to admissions teams for questions. The experience can leave students feeling isolated…

First-time parents often book “Mommy & Me” meetups, sleep consultants, lactation or music classes, and other infant-centered activities to entertain the baby — and to be honest, leave the house.…

Kevin Clark was always a musician. The Berklee College of Music grad followed his dream to make music and arranging for orchestras until his cousin ended up paralyzed from the…

Climate change has captured headlines around the world as sea levels continue to rise, entire cities come under threat, and extreme weather patterns become the norm. From fires in California…

In 2013, Duke University athletes Ivonna Dumanyan and Gabrielle Levac both found themselves sidelined by sports-related injuries. During their rehab, they commiserated over the constant onslaught of preventable injuries they’d…