by Wei Luo | Jan 8, 2024 | Features, Research, Research and Innovation, Student Success
U of A Physicists Discover New Quantum Phases in Low-Dimensional Polar Systems A new paper published in Nature Communications by a team of physicists at the U of A charted the discovery of new quantum phases in low-dimensional systems. The paper, “Quantum...
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 Matt McGowan | Dec 27, 2023 | Features, Field Notes, Research, Research and Innovation
Biologists Discover New Rodent-Based Virus Biologists at the U of A have discovered a new virus that belongs to a family of viruses that transfers from rodents to humans, some of which cause a fatal cardiopulmonary disease. Ozark orthohantavirus, or simply Ozark...
by John Shaw | Dec 8, 2023 | Classroom Innovations, Features, Field Notes, Student Success
New Geology Course Ends With Trip to El Dorado to Study Lithium Resources A new course offered by the U of A’s Department of Geosciences concluded its first semester with a trip to El Dorado. Students studied cores from a sedimentary layer called the Smackover...
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...