Fish in an ocean

The pace of environmental change can doom or save coral reefs

Sept. 30, 2020

Increasing fishing too quickly can cause coral reef ecosystems to collapse, new ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ-led research finds.

Space

Astrophysicist probes cosmic 'dark matter detector'

Sept. 30, 2020

A ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ astrophysicist is searching the light coming from a distant, and extremely powerful celestial object, for what may be the most elusive substance in the universe: dark matter.

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Someday, even wet forests could burn due to climate change

Sept. 30, 2020

Millions of years ago, fire swept across the planet, fueled by an oxygen-rich atmosphere in which even wet forests burned, according to new research by ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ scientists

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Professor seeks participants in student mental-health survey

Sept. 29, 2020

‘We need to spend more time on better understanding and tracing mental wellness,’ says ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ June Gruber.

SKO together challenge

How do we reconnect students in a distanced world?

Sept. 25, 2020

Three winning groups of undergraduates recognized by the SKO Together Challenge for their creativity in trying to come up with ways to adjust to life during the pandemic

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Announcing the Virtual Language Corner

Sept. 22, 2020

ALTEC is launching the new initiative to help language students practice their languages of interest and connect through languages

NIH Cells

With NIH grant, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ to become national center of cryoelectron tomography

Sept. 21, 2020

The grant will also help the university upgrade its electron microscopy and tomography facility.

proximity

Worldwide, 1.6 billion rural people live within 5 km of a forest

Sept. 17, 2020

Study led by ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ researcher is first to tally ‘forest proximate’ humans on earth; numbers, refined terminology may improve focus of conservation and development.

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Scientists identify gene family key to unlocking vertebrate evolution

Sept. 16, 2020

New ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ-led research finds the traits that make vertebrates distinct from invertebrates were made possible by the emergence of a new set of genes 500 million years ago.

Volcano ash

Volcanic ash may have a bigger impact on the climate than we thought

Sept. 16, 2020

Volcanic ash shuts down air traffic and can sicken people. But a new study suggests it may also be more important for Earth's climate than once thought.

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