Tag: About UGA
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No thanks to dinosaur-killing asteroid for mammalian success
It is a natural history tale that every third grader knows: The dinosaurs ruled the…
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Tiny Motors
A team of physicists from the University of Georgia has demonstrated for the first time…
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Looking beyond the bell
As a shrill vibrato tears through a high school, teenagers disperse for study halls and…
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Researcher finds way to halve greenhouse water use
The well could eventually run dry. The water from a city main could stop flowing.…
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A new, green fuel
A team of UGA researchers has developed a new biofuel derived from wood chips. Unlike…
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The high cost of violence
The most comprehensive study of its kind has found that violence costs the United States…
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Bioenergy: Plant cell walls hold the secret
UGA scientists have teamed up with researchers at major universities, national laboratories and industry in…
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Modeling dengue fever
Infectious diseases are literally a moving target, with their incidence waxing and waning over time…
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A cancer killer
A new University of Georgia study finds that pectin, a type of fiber found in…
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Tracking a killer
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, but work being conducted by a team…
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Mapping genes for fuel
Jeffrey Dean, professor of forest biotechnology in the UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural…
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Love the one you’re with
New research that crosses several species boundaries shows that when animals must choose less-than-preferred mates,…
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Surviving a stroke
A new UGA study suggests that commonly prescribed drugs used to lower blood pressure may…
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The skinny on fat
Ruth Harris wants to understand fat, in all of its intricacies: how fat increases and…
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Fighting the system
For the estimated millions of AIDS patients worldwide who are resistant or are developing resistance…
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Don’t drink and drive!
Warnings that alcohol and driving don’t mix are generally targeted at adults or high school…
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The cancer vaccine
When cells become cancerous, the sugars on their surfaces undergo distinct changes that set them…
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Uganda: finding its niche
Cotton is known across Africa as “white gold.” In Uganda, it is a cash crop…
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The write stuff
There’s a condition rampant in graduate schools known as “ABD.” It usually affects students nearing…
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A little means a lot
Jim Moore has been doing it for more than 20 years, steady and consistent. His…
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All about the weather
For University of Georgia faculty member Alan Stewart it’s all about the weather.
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Building a better future in bioscience
The perennial campaign slogan of the late senator Paul D. Coverdell was a straightforward “Coverdell…
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Striking a chord
Having just told a class of music business students stories about the glamorous and intriguing…
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Music to parents’ ears
“Playing a stringed instrument is like having this terrible jigsaw puzzle,” says Michael Heald, associate…
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