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Released: 9-Jun-2023 8:25 PM EDT
Local newspaper coverage improves information about public companies
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Accounting researchers at the University of Arkansas are deepening their understanding of the effect of shrinking newsrooms on the financial information of public companies.

   
Released: 18-Oct-2022 4:35 PM EDT
Firms issue unrelated news when SEC disclosure is bad news
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

In an apparent attempt to distract investors, firms forced to disclose bad news via mandatory Securities and Exchange Commission filings are more likely to issue a press release touting unrelated news around the time of the filing.

Released: 7-Jun-2022 1:05 AM EDT
New Study Deepens Understanding of How Animals See, and What Colors
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Gathering vision data for hundreds of vertebrates and invertebrates, University of Arkansas biologists have deepened scientists’ understanding of animal vision, including the colors they see.

Released: 24-May-2022 5:25 PM EDT
COVID vaccine trial locations influenced in vaccine efficacy results
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

A new study by a University of Arkansas information systems researcher and his colleague at the University of Waikato in New Zealand shows that COVID vaccine trials conducted in geographic locations with low infection rates had higher efficacy results, compared to trials in locations with high infection rates.

Released: 18-Nov-2021 5:20 PM EST
Study: NFL failed to follow its own policy in punishing violent offenses
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

From 2010 to 2019, the National Football League did not follow its own personal conduct policy in punishing players who committed violent acts, including violence against women, according to a new study.

Released: 30-Jun-2021 5:40 PM EDT
Employed individuals more likely to contract the flu, study shows
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

A University of Arkansas researcher and international colleagues found that employed individuals, on average, are 35.3% more likely to be infected with the flu virus.

Released: 10-Dec-2020 1:15 PM EST
Increased social media use linked to developing depression, research finds
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Young adults who increased their use of social media were significantly more likely to develop depression within six months, according to a new national study authored by Dr. Brian Primack, dean of the College of Education and Health Professions and professor of public health at the University of Arkansas.

Released: 31-Jul-2020 1:00 PM EDT
Pandemic leads to higher depression, anxiety and fear, studies show
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

The COVID-19 pandemic led to higher levels of depression, anxiety, suicidal tendencies and psychological trauma among American adults during the early months of its spread, according to three new studies published by University of Arkansas sociologists.

Released: 11-Apr-2019 3:05 PM EDT
Researchers observe formation of a magnetar 6.5 billion light years away
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

A University of Arkansas researcher is part of a team of astronomers who have identified an outburst of X-ray emission from a galaxy approximately 6.5 billion light years away, which is consistent with the merger of two neutron stars to form a magnetar -- a large neutron star with an extremely powerful magnetic field. Based on this observation, the researchers were able to calculate that mergers like this happen roughly 20 times per year in each region of a billion light years cubed.

Released: 6-Jun-2018 5:05 PM EDT
Researchers Find Evolutionary ‘Tipping Point’ Linked to Climate Change
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

What does it take for plants and animals to evolve in response to climate change? Researchers have found a “tipping point” at which species, under pressure from dwindling food supplies, evolve to take advantage of new resources.

Released: 14-May-2018 8:05 AM EDT
New Method Could Improve Longevity and Lessen Wear of Artificial Hips
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Mechanical engineering researchers have developed a method that could extend the life of an artificial hip by adding an array of microscopic indentations that increase the thickness of a lubricating film on its surface.

Released: 7-May-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Chemists Develop Improved Method to Create Artificial Photosynthesis
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Patent-pending method could lead to a reliable, economical and sustainable way to create and store energy from sunlight.

Released: 7-May-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Oversharing Can Have Consequences, Research Says
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Researcher finds that relationships are at risk when people fail to set expectations about the sharing of private information.

Released: 3-May-2018 2:05 PM EDT
Researchers Use Genetic Information to Track Chronic Wasting Disease in Deer
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Study will identify how groups of deer are related to one another throughout the state and determine which populations are less susceptible to the disease

Released: 2-May-2018 2:55 PM EDT
Research Demonstrates New Approach to Study Properties of Nanodroplets
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

U of A chemists find new methods of calculating the internal pressure and surface tension of tiny drops of liquid.

Released: 1-May-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Start-up Culture Has Influenced Government, Researcher Finds
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Communication professor traces the history of start-ups, from a novel idea in the tech industry to an approach embraced by the government

Released: 25-Apr-2018 9:05 AM EDT
Quantum Dots Enable Faster, Easier Photon Detection, More Secure Data
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

A research team including U of A faculty has developed a method of detecting single photons using quantum dots. Single photon detection using quantum dots is an important element of new technology that could lead to faster and more secure data transfer.

Released: 24-Apr-2018 8:05 AM EDT
Early Career Award Will Advance Research on Soil as Building Material
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Michelle Bernhardt-Barry, assistant professor of civil engineering at the University of Arkansas, has received a $500,000 Faculty Early Career Development award from the National Science Foundation to expand her research on the use of soil as a 3D-printed building material.



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