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Marine Scientists Awarded $5.6 Million for Study of Critical Arctic Environment
The grant will allow for extensive study of the Hanna Shoal area in the Chukchi Sea, an area valued highly by the oil industry for offshore drilling.
Biologist Sara Sawyer Receives Early Career Award from White House
Sawyer, assistant professor of molecular genetics and microbiology, is being recognized for her research on the evolution of DNA repair genes, providing insight on both the formation of cancers and susceptibility to viral infection.
Faculty Awarded NIH Grants to Study Prevention and Treatment of Neurodegenerative and Vascular Diseases
Neurobiologist Jon Pierce-Shimomura will research nervous system degeneration, which occurs through natural aging and diseases like Alzheimer's.
Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly A Hybrid Species Of Two Other Swallowtails
Flitting among the cool slopes of the Appalachian Mountains is a tiger swallowtail butterfly species that evolved when two other species of swallowtails hybridized long ago, a rarity in the animal world, biologists from The University of Texas at Austin and Harvard University have found.
Discovery Of Why Influenza B Virus Exclusively Infects Humans Opens Door For Drugs To Fight Seasonal Epidemics Caused By Virus
The three-dimensional structure of a site on an influenza B virus protein that suppresses human defenses to infection has been determined by researchers at Rutgers University and The University of Texas at Austin.
Giant Claw Helps Fiddler Crabs Stay Cool in More Ways Than One
A male fiddler crab's oversized claw not only looks cool to the ladies, but new research suggests it literally helps crabs to stay cool.
Top Faculty Recruited to the College With $2 Million Cancer Research Grants
Three natural sciences professors will use substantial start-up funds to pay graduate students and get their labs up and running.
Ninety Percent of Preschoolers’ Sack Lunches Reach Unsafe Temperatures
Parents and the public need to be educated on safe food packing practices in order to prevent bacteria from growing and potentially causing illness.
Females Can Place Limits on Evolution of Attractive Features in Males, Research Shows
How melodious or handsome males become over evolutionary time can be limited by the cognitive abilities of females.Read It Now
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