My adventures in the ribosome
Nobel Laureate Venkatraman “Venki” Ramakrishnan returns to the U to share his role in the race to uncover the ribosome structure at the Frontiers of Science lecture series on Sept. 26.
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Finalists vie for historic $1.5M Wilkes Climate Prize
A bean to revolutionize agriculture? Pepto for cows? Ocean waves on the power grid? Smart window coating? Trees that save farmers and the rainforest? Winner announced on Sept. 22.
Read MoreAncient volcanism drove global warming that marked the end of the Paleocene
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New study shows hydrothermal vents released vast amounts of methane 56 million years, helping disrupt the climate and spur an evolutionary burst that led to the rise of mammals.
Read MoreHow climate change puts property values at risk in forested areas
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Researchers quantified the value of U.S. property exposed to increased wildfire and tree mortality associated with climate stresses and beetle infestation.
Read MoreUsing math to unravel shared drug resistance in cancer cells
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A new study produced the surprising result that therapy resistance in breast cancer cells can be shared with less resistant cells, possibly illuminating new ways to improve cancer treatments.
Read MoreMaking machine learning accessible to all
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UteAnalytics allows a client to clean their data and conduct exploratory data analysis in various ways.
Read MoreGravitational waves thrum through the cosmos
Tanmoy Laskar talks with @theU about an exciting announcement—gravitational waves are thrumming throughout the universe, distorting the fabric of space and time.
Read MoreWhat can earthquake ‘swarms’ tell us about seismicity in the West?
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U seismologists analyze decades of seismic data to discern the significance of the swarms in a geothermal hotspot and for recent—geologically speaking—volcanism.
Read MoreInformation engines pay the piper
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Mikhael Semaan, a postdoctoral researcher for the Science Research Initiative at the College of Science, shares his real life research with undergraduates.
Read MoreDESI early data release holds nearly 2M objects
Taken during the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument’s “early validation” phase, the data include distant galaxies and quasars as well as stars in our own Milky Way.
Read MoreAn unexpected climate solution
First-place winner of the Wilkes Center Student Innovation Prize, Nicholas Witham, designed a renewable electric generator that relies on natural fluctuations in the Earth’s temperature.
Read MoreTim Hawkes named senior fellow of College of Science
In addition to advising college leadership, Hawkes will serve on the executive advisory board for the Wilkes Center.
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