Research
Tiny Scans, Massive Impact: MICRO Helps Researchers Win $12 Million in Funding
MICRO, the University of Arkansas MicroCT Imaging Consortium for Research and Outreach, was established in 2018 as part of a National Science Foundation's Major Research Instrumentation Grant. The equipment at the heart of MICRO, a Nikon XTH 225 ST X-ray...
New Findings Supply Corrective to Evolutionary Hypothesis
For decades, researchers have observed that rates of evolution seem to accelerate over short time periods – say five million years versus fifty million years. This broad pattern has suggested that “younger” groups of organisms, in evolutionary terms, have higher rates...
NIH Grant to Support Study of Protective Behavioral Strategies Related to Alcohol
Three faculty members from the University of Arkansas' Department of Psychological Science were recently awarded a 2-year, $150,000 grant by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIH R03) to explore safe drinking practices college students use when...
DOE Funds Research That Could Lead to Faster, Energy Efficient Computers
The Department of Energy awarded just under $975,000 to Charles Paillard, a U of A research professor of physics and director of the Smart Ferroic Materials Center, to study aluminum scandium nitride at the atomic level. The work could lay the foundation for...
U of A Professor Leads Grant to Broaden Participation, Inclusion in Geosciences Workforce
A University of Arkansas researcher is leading the charge to broaden participation and inclusion in the geosciences workforce. Steve Boss, University Professor of environmental dynamics and sustainability in the Department of Geosciences, is one of the lead...