×ó°®ÊÓƵ Gets CDC Grant to Test PPE Efficacy and Workplace Virus Spread
To keep the workplace safe, researchers from the College of Engineering and Computer Science will test the efficacy of various types of personal protection measures against airborne viral transmission.
'Boys Will be Boys' - Study Explores Views of College Dating Violence
A study of college-age women finds that a poor understanding of violence in dating relationships perpetuates the idea that "boys will be boys" and that these behaviors are an innate part of men.
Common Antibiotic Effective in Healing Coral Disease Lesions
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Harbor Branch scientists have found that amoxicillin, an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections in humans, has a 95 percent success rate at healing individual disease lesions in stony corals.
Picture Perfect: Camera Traps Find Endangered Dryas Monkeys
×ó°®ÊÓƵ scientists developed a non-invasive camera-trap technique that confirms the existence of mysterious and endangered dryas monkeys in new locations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Flushing a Public Toilet? Don't Linger, Since Aerosolized Droplets Do
×ó°®ÊÓƵ College of Engineering and Computer Science researchers explored the flushing power of toilets and urinals in a public restroom to test the risk of COVID-19 transmission.
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Researchers Receive Grants to Combat Alzheimer's Disease
Four researchers from ×ó°®ÊÓƵ's Schmidt College of Medicine and Charles E. Schmidt College of Science have received grants totaling $641,818 from the Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer's Disease Research Program.
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Celebrates 2021 Wave Competition
×ó°®ÊÓƵ has announced the winners of the annual ×ó°®ÊÓƵ Wave Competition, an undergraduate applied research competition organized by ×ó°®ÊÓƵ's Division of Research.
'Mindfulness' in Summer Camp Benefits Campers and Counselors Alike
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing researchers show how a mindfulness program in a summer camp setting decreases emotional distress in school age children and empowers campers and counselors alike.
Early Cardiac Events Pose Major and Diverse Risks in Close Relatives
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Schmidt College of Medicine researchers and collaborators show that family history of early onset cardiac events including heart attacks is a major and independent risk factor in close relatives.
How Did 500 of a Species Form in a Lake? Very Different Body Clocks
How fish exploit different times of day has not been studied systematically. ×ó°®ÊÓƵ scientists have discovered the first nocturnal cichlid species from Lake Malawi, offering clues into the evolution of sleep.