Some plants can't be left out in the cold, but an ongoing experiment examines underused deciduous and evergreen shrubs and trees to see which ones can. Plants that prove themselves offer landscaping alternatives in three USDA cold hardiness zones found at various locations throughout the United States.
A new study has uncovered previously undocumented reasons why women in the information technology field feel uniquely intense pressures and are leaving the booming profession at such a staggering rate.
The second presidential term tends to be more difficult, but the Bush administration appears to be attempting to head off potential problems, according to University of Arkansas political scientist and presidential specialist Andrew Dowdle.
Davis McCombs, an assistant professor of creative writing, has been awarded the Editors' Prize by The Missouri Review for his portrayal of a disappearing way of life in a series of poems written with the support of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
As the University of Arkansas Press celebrates its 25th year, it rolls out two books in its spring 2005 catalog that focus on popular culture "“ one on Oprah Winfrey's hugely influential book club, the other on a country music trio that helped launch Elvis Presley's career.
Some obsessive-compulsive behavior appears to be motivated in large part by disgust, according to 10 researchers from different parts of the nation. They also determined that common measurements of disgust must be re-evaluated before psychologists can proceed with their research.
The sight of a bloody wound or a hypodermic needle puncturing skin can cause many people to pass out. Such a response may involve a complex interaction between fear and disgust, and understanding the interaction may help treat people who faint from such causes.
An English professor is taking a new look at Geoffrey Chaucer's often-neglected short poems, and suggests the writer intentionally broke some of the rules he is so well known for following.
For 10 years, University of Arkansas students and professors have been digging up pieces of the past and changing the way archeologists view life in the Middle East during the first millennium. Now the U of A and Yarmouk University in Jordan have published the results of their initial years of excavation and study.
Cars provide transportation, food sates hunger. But do you drive a used junker or a new hybrid? A UA professor's recent work suggests the widespread "˜branding' of objects as a way to convey information about the user has pushed consumers to give greater consideration to the symbolism an item conveys than to its actually utility.
Physicists have discovered a new phase in tiny nanodisks and nanorods that potentially may enable researchers to increase memory storage by more than one thousand fold.
A University of Arkansas researcher has found that, in the past 50 years, the shoreline on a segment of Yellowstone Lake has been changing in complex ways that are not completely understood.
The phrase "don't speak ill of the dead" appears to be more than just good manners. UA psychology professor Jesse Bering has been working on a series of experiments that show people tend to upgrade their valuations of another person when they think that person has died.
Eleven of the nation's top political scientists and historians gathered at the University of Arkansas in 2002 to examine the Clinton presidency from their own viewpoints. Their overwhelming consensus was the perfect title of the resulting compilation of papers "” "The Clinton Riddle."
This is a release describing the exploration of the potential for life on Mars. It is based on research being conducted by a biology professor at the University of Arkansas.
Emmy Award-winning documentarian Dale Carpenter will premiere his latest film this Sunday at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. "City of Visitors" traces the colorful, often tumultuous history of the city of Hot Springs.
This fall, a major project by four universities will bring the NFO Webscope online. One of only a few web based telescopes in the world, it allows astronomers to photograph astronomical events without being present.
While the Western states remain gripped in a severe drought, a group of researchers has studied the tree ring record and found that the current dry spell pales in comparison to the aridity of the same region during medieval times.
A close look at the teeth of tyrannosaurids revealed to University of Arkansas researchers that these large carnivores may have eaten more like mammals than their reptilian cousins "“ by slicing and processing food with their teeth before swallowing it down.
Ignorance may be bliss, but not when it comes to making healthy eating choices. Two UA researchers have just completed a study in which they discovered that Americans routinely underestimate the fat and calorie content of their meals--often by very significant amounts.
After Samuel Totten had interviewed his first 25 refugees from Darfur, Sudan, he could see the chilling pattern of genocide taking shape. He went on to interview a total of 49 individuals in his two weeks at Goz Beida, a desert village in Chad that is the site of a camp for 13,500 refugees.
Former military bases are often the site of pollution and environmental degradation. Political science professor Kenneth Hansen wrote "The Greening of Pentagon Brownfields: Using Environmental Discourse to Redevelop Former Military Bases," published in August by Lexington Books.
The University of Arkansas Innovation Center, located in the Arkansas Research and Technology Park south of the UA main campus, was recently named one of the most environmentally friendly structures in the state of Arkansas and is the first in the state so designated by the U.S. Green Building Council.
University of Arkansas researcher Sandra Sherman serves up tastes of the past and reveals 18th century British sentiment toward the French in her most recent book, "Fresh from the Past: Recipes and Revelations from Moll Flanders' Kitchen," due out in October.
Cheating on classwork is commonly associated with a low level of moral judgment. However, UA researcher Tim West has found that students with high levels of moral judgment still cheat, they just develop more sophisticated ways to rationalize it.
Monopolies, wartime laws, environmental concerns and faith-based initiatives sound like the fodder of modern-day headlines, but a British lawyer wrote extensively about all of these issues more than 400 years ago, according to University of Arkansas law professor Steve Sheppard.
Terrorists are more than twice as likely to go to trial as alleged non-terrorist criminals when indicted for the same offense, a University of Arkansas doctoral student found.
Researchers at the University of Arkansas who have been studying the effects of caregiving on caregivers' health. have found a surprising link between the type of assistance caregivers provide and the amount of stress they report. They also offer tips on caregiver support.
Studies show that 1 in 6 American children is obese, and these numbers are increasing at an alarming rate. To reverse the trend will require a concerted effort from both parents and schools.
Sitting around watching television or waiting in rush hour traffic is not only unproductive, but it contributes to the decline in social capital in communities across the United States, according to a book new on shelves this month.
A student has teased out the complexities of disgust, and his work may change the way clinical psychologists treat patients with phobias. His research has earned him the Distinguished Student Research Award from the APA.
U.S. media tend to paint a more general, more positive image of situations in Iraq, compared to what people in the Middle East might see in their news. This disparity could lull Americans into a false sense of security, but it also could further erode support of U.S. troops and actions among citizens of the Middle East.
A researcher found four factors that seem to predict which eighth grade girls will become teenage mothers. These findings may help educators and parents better focus on ways to prevent teenage pregnancy.
Membership in a religious community can have a significant impact on how people form opinions about media coverage of Islam and terrorism, according to the results of a recent study.
When gas prices go up, consumer groups often suggest that prices would fall if wholesale prices were the same at every gas station. But a University of Arkansas researcher found that uniform wholesale prices are more likely to increase the retail price of gas than reduce it.
The practice of subsistence bowhead whaling by the native tribes of the western Arctic has a history dating back nearly as far as the people themselves and is explored in a new book.
A University of Arkansas researcher and his colleagues have discovered a new mechanism that regulates the interaction of proteins in cell membranes. This discovery may lead to more efficient drug screening and possibly different methods for fighting infections.
"It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it." And in the United States, millions do. Researchers have found ways that employers can mitigate the sting of stigmas against what sociologists have termed "dirty work" and in the process, lower turnover rates and raise job satisfaction.
While walking is one of the healthiest and most popular exercises, it also results in more trips to the emergency room for women than any other non-equipment exercise, a study revealed.
UA scientists seek to harness an electron's spin to create tiny machines with large memories. To do this, they have built a microscope that may allow them to be the first researchers to measure the properties of electron spin injection in conducting materials.
Educational intervention can help women improve their bone health and reduce their risk for osteoporosis, University of Arkansas researchers found "” unless the women are reluctant to change their behavior because of their beliefs.
A new book explores how displaced Sierra Leonean Muslims sought and found their identity and a sense of community in the United States.
Two recent national grants will help a rapidly growing Fayetteville company produce some of the world's smallest working parts for sensors and biomedical labels, and possibly an improved way to screen for prostate cancer.
Researchers want to build nanoscale materials because they promise to be five to 10 times stronger than conventional materials. When it comes to making nanoscale materials retain their size and shape at high temperatures, a little "doping" appears to be in order.
How do you know who you are or what you feel? These fundamental questions about introspection and self-knowledge are the focus of research by psychology professor Eric Knowles.
Nationally recognized historian and professor Elliott West will help bring the experiences of settlers in the late 1800s to life. He has joined the Homestead Heritage Center project team of the Homestead National Monument of America.
Information technology doesn't seem that funny, but three researchers noticed a lot of laughter when they sat down with about 40 women in IT careers. Women use laughter to create a sense of solidarity with their female coworkers, exert their superiority and to deal with incongruities in their work environment.
In his most recent novel, "With," art professor Donald Harington creates a world from the perspective of a missing child, telling the sometimes harrowing, sometimes inspiring tale of the decade she spent growing up on a mountain with only animals and a spirit to keep her company.
Researchers and conservationists will gather together for the first time to discuss research in and preservation of the Cross Timbers, a vast tract of old growth forest that stretches from Kansas through Oklahoma into Texas.
Two economics researchers in the Sam M. Walton College of Business have received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study the behavioral and theoretical impact of multiple arbitration formats.
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