Tag: Research

  • UGA researchers say amphibians are potentially affected by global mercury pollution

    Global decline of amphibians has been a hot issue in recent years. A new paper…

  • energy source

    energy source

    New research, headed by microbiologists from UGA, shows for the first time that Salmonella-a widespread…

  • Process of elimination

    Process of elimination

    A lipid that helps destroy potentially harmful cells during brain development shows promise for improving…

  • The thought that counts

    The thought that counts

    It’s not as famous as Fermat’s Last Theorem. In fact, the math problem, which has…

  • UGA partners with Penn on biodefense research project

    UGA partners with Penn on biodefense research project

    The University of Georgia has signed a five-year $3 million subcontract to develop a database that…

  • Not just blowing smoke

    Not just blowing smoke

    Patrick Bordnick, a professor in the School of Social Work, has found that cigarette craving…

  • Brew masters

    Brew masters

    The tropics are rich repositories for most of the world’s biological diversity. Unfortunately, the rural…

  • Partnered up

    Partnered up

    The science education department has received a two-year Fulbright Educational Partnership Grant to work with…

  • Thief in the night

    Thief in the night

    In 1993, a water-borne parasite in Milwaukee was responsible for an estimated 403,000 cases of…

  • Fruit of their labor

    Research has uncovered sex chromosomes-which are rare in the plant world-in papaya plants. The study…

  • Right in our own backyard

    Right in our own backyard

    Generations of nature and history lovers in the Southeast have read and re-read a book…

  • Small wonder

    Small wonder

    Diabetics who must frequently monitor their blood sugar levels can take heart. UGA researchers are…

  • Blue fish

    Blue fish

    Researchers in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences have found that low-level exposure to…