Tag: Research
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‘Super toxin’
Trypanosoma is a nasty class of single-celled parasites that cause serious, even fatal diseases in…
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‘Limited footprint’
By 1763, the world of Cherokee Indians in the Southeastern U.S. was in tatters.
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Filtering the message
Some anti-smoking ads are simply ineffective, while others actually make youth more likely to light…
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Fiber fighters
A new UGA study finds that pectin, a type of fiber found in fruits and…
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Power play
Despite overwhelming military superiority, the world’s most powerful nations failed to achieve their objectives in…
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Ecosystem engineers
Research by UGA ecologists has determined that the introduction of the North American beaver (Castor…
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Great expectations
Marketing is often filled with hype and superlatives—“the greatest,” “the best” and even “heavenly”—but a…
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Branching out
It is a natural history tale that every third grader knows: The dinosaurs ruled the…
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Study: Lowering blood pressure after stroke may reduce damage
A new UGA study suggests that commonly prescribed drugs used to lower blood pressure may…
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Quality of life
Surviving breast cancer is both a physical and an emotional ordeal, but the consensus among…
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Proving Boltzmann
There are probably more molecules in your den than there are stars in the universe.
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Germ of an idea
A surprising finding by a team of UGA scientists suggests that curbing the use of…
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Baby food
Mother’s milk is always best, but grandmother’s advice can get in the way of babies…
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‘Ticking time keepers’
Science has known for decades that biological clocks govern the behavior of everything from humans…
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Ripple effect
Danielle Webster gathers eggs every day, but not from chickens. Walking between towering racks of…
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Study: Social exclusion changes brain function, can lead to poor decision-making
Poor Bridget Jones. At the beginning of the first film about her diary and life,…
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Spam over snail
You open up your e-mail inbox and are inundated with spam that offers everything from…
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UGA ecologists work on conservation strategies study
A new study of almost 20,000 species, published recently in Nature, may determine more effective…
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Flexing your muscles
Forget so-called “energy drinks.” A new analysis by UGA researchers finds overwhelming evidence that regular…
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Waste not, want not
Anyone who has ever dropped a piece of food on the floor has certainly pondered…
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Microscopic drifters
The number of plankton in the seas is almost beyond comprehension. A single teaspoonful of…
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Research team will use $4.1 million grant to study ‘jumping genes’
Transposable elements, popularly called “jumping genes” when they were discovered more than a half-century ago,…
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$2.55 million NIH grant funds study of turnover among substance abuse counselors
The annual turnover rate among substance abuse counselors in the U.S. is close to 20…
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Lucy’s baby
No one knows how the child died. Perhaps disease claimed her or some kind of…
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