by Hardin Young | Jan 24, 2024 | Features, Research, Research and Innovation
Experiment Shows How Predator Mass Mortality Events Affect Food Webs Over the last century, die-offs of animal populations, known as mass mortality events (or MMEs), have increased in frequency and magnitude. The scale of these events can be staggering: billions of...
by Hardin Young | Jan 22, 2024 | Features, Research, Research and Innovation
$900,000 Awarded to Optimize Graphene Energy Harvesting Devices U of A physics professor Paul Thibado received a commitment of $904,000 from the WoodNext Foundation, administered by the Greater Houston Community Foundation. The five-year grant will support Thibado’s...
by Hardin Young | Jan 7, 2024 | Features, Research, Research and Innovation
New Study Finds That Male Pathology Drives Avian Epidemic Dynamics New findings by biological sciences researchers at the University of Arkansas indicate that males play an outsized role in both the infection rate and spread of the avian bacterial pathogen Mycoplasma...
by Hardin Young | Dec 1, 2023 | Features, Research, Research and Innovation
Discover RED: Good Vibrations U of A physics professor Paul Thibado has been studying graphene since its discovery in 2004. A single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice structure, graphene exists in a state of constant motion. Thibado’s breakthrough...
by Hardin Young | Nov 30, 2023 | Features, Field Notes, Research, Research and Innovation
USDA Awards $650,000 to Develop Invasive Species Detection System Globally, invasive species cause an estimated $423 billion in damage every year, particularly to agricultural production and biodiversity, and these damages are only expected to increase as climate...
