Division of Natural Sciences
- A ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ-led study of sunflowers shows that their genes relate to the abundance of bacteria associated with resistance against one of the pathogens that causes white mold.
- General Physics for Majors course designed by ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ Professors Eric Cornell and Paul Beale shows students that the furthest reaches of science are built on fundamental concepts.
- ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ professors explain Earth Day’s history, impact, what it’s become and if it’s still relevant.
- Harvard scholar Naomi Oreskes, the 2024 Patricia Sheffels Visiting Scholar in Environmental Studies, highlights how free market fundamentalism has thwarted the science of climate change.
- ‘Stand Up for Climate Comedy’ unites ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ student performers and professional comedians in a show that encourages the audience to laugh together and then work together.
- Landscape corridors can aid in fire ant spread, but the effects are transient, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ researcher Julian Resasco shows.
- Responding to a pesky problem, a paper co-authored by PhD candidate Claire Powers offers a potential solution—clustering similar farming practices together.
- 60 years after its legalization, people are still attracted to the lottery because of the strong emotions associated with imagining the future, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ psychologist says.
- The images were taken with a device that Doug Duncan invented to capture eclipses with a smartphone.
- ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ PhD student Emily Kibby has won the Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award in recognition of her work researching bacterial immune responses.