by Camilla Shumaker | Jan 14, 2020 | Faculty Points of Pride, Research, Student Success
An Accidental Invention Could Lead to Easier Methods of Screening Drugs and Toxins Bending DNA makes it more susceptible and sensitive to the presence of silver ions. Experimental results show that silver ions negatively affect the base-pair matching of DNA, resulting...
by Camilla Shumaker | Apr 8, 2019 | Awards & Honors, Dean's Corner, Faculty Points of Pride, National Recognition, Research
Chemistry Professor’s New Approach to Cancer Diagnosis Receives NIH Funding A chemist at the University of Arkansas has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to advance development of porous nanoreactors to improve the speed and accuracy of...
by Camilla Shumaker | Apr 2, 2019 | Awards & Honors, Faculty Points of Pride, Research
J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences physicist Laurent Bellaiche has been named a winner of a 2019 SEC Faculty Achievement Award. These awards honor one faculty member from each SEC university who has a record of extraordinary teaching and nationally...
by Camilla Shumaker | Mar 13, 2019 | Dean's Corner, Faculty Points of Pride, Outreach & Impact, Research
Physicist Hugh Churchill has received a Faculty Early Career Development Award of $545,241 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to further his research on nanowires with electrical and magnetic properties that show promise in the next generation of digital...
by Camilla Shumaker | May 14, 2018 | Research
Electronic devices are getting smaller, faster and more efficient, but these improvements are limited by the size of their components — the transistors, resistors, capacitors and other components that are crammed onto smaller and smaller integrated circuits. In order...
