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A bug’s (sex) life: Diving beetles offer unexpected clues about sexual selection
Study results were published Feb. 6 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
2010 Nobel laureate to speak at University Feb. 1
Ei-ichi Negishi did pioneering research while a member of SU’s Chemistry Department Ei-ichi Negishi, 2010 Nobel laureate and the Herbert C. Brown Distinguished Professor of Organic Chemistry at Purdue University, returns to ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ to present a discussion of his…
Research by LCS professor expected to help utility companies predict service life of pipeline infrastructure
Regression models presented in the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Journal of Infrastructure Systems by researchers at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science are expected to help utility companies predict the service life of wastewater pipeline…
SU biologist named fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science
Biologist William T. Starmer believes one can usually tell what people do by looking at their bookshelves. The volumes lining the wall of Starmer’s office in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Life Sciences Complex summarize a career focused on mathematical approaches to understanding…
Fishing for an agreement on mercury
Charley Driscoll says he’s not trying to scare anyone. But this story may have you looking a little differently at that tuna fish sandwich you have in your brown bag for lunch.
Whitman’s Smith chosen by NAED to conduct study
Susan Smith, professor of marketing practice in the Whitman School of Management at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, has been selected by the National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) Education and Research Foundation to conduct its next research study, “Maximizing Marketing Efforts in…
New track in speech-language graduate program focuses on high-needs preschoolers
$1.25 million federal Department of Education grant will support initiative Last year, more than 700,000 preschoolers were eligible for services under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); 46 percent of those children were identified with speech or language…
Ancient rocks provide clues for oxygen appearance in Earth’s atmosphere
The appearance of oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere probably did not occur as a single event, but as a long series of starts and stops, according to an international team of researchers who investigated rock cores from the northwest region…
Elman receives $600,000 National Science Foundation grant to establish Qualitative Data Repository
The Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs at the Maxwell School will be the home of the new Qualitative Data Repository, which is to be established with a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant of $600,000. Associate Professor of Political Science Colin…
Chew gum, lose weight
What if the process of losing weight could be aided by simply chewing a stick of gum after meals?