by Bob Whitby | Apr 23, 2018 | Research
Studies Show Some Types of Life Can Survive Conditions Found on Mars FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Two new studies by University of Arkansas researchers bolster the case for some types of life being able to survive the harsh conditions found on Mars. Rebecca Mickol, a former...
by Kevin M. Fitzpatrick and Bob Whitby | Apr 13, 2018 | Awards & Honors, Research
Hurricane Harvey hit Port Aransas, Texas on Aug. 25, then moved north to Houston where it dumped 51.8 inches of rain, a record for a single tropical storm in the continental United States. It caused in excess of $125 billion in damage, according to the National...
by Kevin M. Fitzpatrick and Bob Whitby | Apr 4, 2018 | Research
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Nearly 70 percent of the U.S. adult population meets the definition of overweight or obese, but a new study by University of Arkansas researchers shows the problem isn’t randomly distributed across the country. Instead, obesity is concentrated in...
by Ruben Michael Ceballos and Bob Whitby | Mar 29, 2018 | Books & Publications, Research
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – In his new book Bioethanol and Natural Resources: Substrates, Chemistry and Engineered Systems (CRC Press), University of Arkansas biologist Ruben Michael Ceballos makes it clear that finding viable alternatives to fossil fuels is an...
by Bob Whitby | Mar 26, 2018 | Research
Arkansaurus fridayi has been the state’s official dinosaur for about a year. But it wasn’t until very recently that scientists confirmed how unique our ornithomimosaur (ostrich-like dinosaur) really is. ReBecca Hunt, a paleontologist with the U.S....
