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Released: 14-Jul-2014 8:00 AM EDT
Study Shows How, When Consumers Remember Brands in Celebrity Advertisements
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

A marketing researcher at the University of Arkansas found that consumers are more likely to forget information within advertisements in the same magazine that show a celebrity endorsing a neutral product.

Released: 1-Jul-2014 4:00 AM EDT
Department of Education Grant Funds Mentoring for Students from Military Families
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

The Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences awarded a four-year grant of $1.3 million to a psychology professor at the U of A to develop a model for schools to mentor students in military families.

Released: 24-Jun-2014 3:30 PM EDT
Engineered Muscle-Mimic Research Funded by NIH
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

The National Institutes of Health grant will allow a University of Arkansas biomedical engineering researcher to design and test a biomaterial that regenerates damaged skeletal muscle.

Released: 19-Jun-2014 10:10 AM EDT
Physicists Predict Behavior of Rare Materials at Near-Room Temperature
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

New theoretical physics research reveals rare materials that possess both controllable magnetic and electric polarization properties at near-room temperatures.

Released: 17-Jun-2014 8:00 AM EDT
Marriage Legalization Could Lead to Dissolution of Same-Sex Relationships, New Study Shows
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

A new study by economists at the University of Arkansas shows that relationship hazard rates – the threat of dissolution – among same-sex daters and cohabiters will likely increase with the probability of legalization.

   
Released: 12-Jun-2014 8:00 AM EDT
Researchers Design Circuits Capable of Functioning at Temperatures Greater than 650 Degrees Fahrenheit
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have designed integrated circuits that can survive at temperatures greater than 350 degrees Celsius – or roughly 660 degrees Fahrenheit

Released: 29-May-2014 8:00 AM EDT
NSF Grant Will Further Investigation of Alternative Method of Detecting and Treating Breast Cancer
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Engineering professor Magda El-Shenawee has received a $388,913 grant from the National Science Foundation to further her work on an alternative, noninvasive method of detecting and treating breast cancer.

Released: 21-May-2014 8:00 AM EDT
'Bottom-Dollar Effect' Influences Consumer Satisfaction With Products, Study Finds
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

A new study by a marketing researcher at the University of Arkansas demonstrated that consumers experience significant differences in satisfaction based solely on budget status or financial condition at the time of purchase.

Released: 19-May-2014 11:00 AM EDT
Earth Organisms Survive Under Martian Conditions
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

New research suggests that methanogens — among the simplest and oldest organisms on Earth — could survive on Mars.

Released: 5-May-2014 10:20 AM EDT
Researchers Develop New Mathematical Framework to Characterize Shape of Graphene
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Scientists studying graphene’s properties are using a new mathematical framework to make extremely accurate characterizations of the two-dimensional material’s shape.

Released: 1-May-2014 8:00 AM EDT
New Sensor System Detects Early Signs of Concussion in Real Time
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a wireless health-monitoring system that detects early signs of traumatic brain injury by continuously monitoring various brain and neural functions.

Released: 28-Apr-2014 11:00 AM EDT
Researchers Track Ripples in Freestanding Graphene for First Time
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

An international team of scientists, led by physicists at the University of Arkansas, has tracked the dynamic movement of ripples in freestanding graphene at the atomic level.

Released: 22-Apr-2014 8:00 AM EDT
Researchers Achieve Higher Solar-Cell Efficiency With Zinc-Oxide Coating
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Researchers at the University of Arkansas have achieved 14-percent efficiency in a 9-millimeter-square solar cell made of gallium arsenide. It is the highest efficiency rating for a solar cell that size and made with that material.

Released: 15-Apr-2014 8:00 AM EDT
Fiber-Optic Microscope Will Help Physicians Detect Cancer, Diseases at Early Stages
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

A University of Arkansas researcher has developed an inexpensive, portable and re-usable endoscopic microscope that will help clinicians detect and diagnose early-stage disease, primarily cancer.

Released: 8-Apr-2014 12:00 AM EDT
Poverty and Place Affect Health
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Poverty and Health: A Crisis among America’s Most Vulnerable is a collection of in-depth essays examining health issues facing poor people in the United States, including the crucial factor of place in relation to health.

Released: 24-Mar-2014 11:00 AM EDT
Protein Followed by Exercise Is Recipe for Calorie-Burning Success in Some Women
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

New research shows that for some women, a high-protein meal followed by 30 minutes of moderate exercise is an effective way of burning calories, especially when compared to exercising on an empty stomach.

Released: 19-Mar-2014 12:35 PM EDT
Historian Argues Confucianism Emerged After Reign of Emperor Wu
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Historian Liang Cai argues that Confucianism did not become the prevailing political ideology of imperial China until after the reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Han dynasty, a claim that upends conventional wisdom on the subject.

Released: 19-Mar-2014 8:00 AM EDT
U of A Researchers Join National Center to Advance Development of Membranes for Water Treatment
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Engineering researchers will join the Membrane Science, Engineering and Technology Center, a center focused on developing materials for energy production, water treatment and pharmaceutical purification.

Released: 6-Mar-2014 8:00 AM EST
NCI Awards Grant for Development of Novel Treatment of Bladder Cancer
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

A biomedical engineering researcher at the University of Arkansas has received a $416,897 grant from the National Cancer Institute to continue developing a novel immunotherapy for bladder cancer.

   
Released: 4-Mar-2014 1:00 PM EST
Private Life of a 'Painter's Painter' Brought Into the Light
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

In a new biography by historian Daniel E. Sutherland, the artist James McNeill Whistler’s public personality is revealed as much different than the lesser-known life he led in private.

Released: 25-Feb-2014 1:30 PM EST
New Geospatial Research Program Meets Critical Need in Archaeology Research
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

A new program, SPatial Archaeometry Research Collaborations, is acting as a national hub for geospatial research and addressing a critical need in archaeology research.

Released: 25-Feb-2014 8:00 AM EST
Fewer Incidents of Far-Right, Lone-Wolf Homicide Since Sept. 11, Study Shows
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Fatal incidents of far-right “lone-wolf” terrorism have been fewer in the past 10 years, according a new study by a terrorism researcher at the University of Arkansas.

Released: 24-Feb-2014 10:00 AM EST
Researchers Characterize Graphene's Bonding Effect on Platinum Nanoparticles
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Physicists have found that platinum nanoparticles limit their size and organize into specific patterns when bonded to freestanding graphene.

Released: 24-Feb-2014 8:00 AM EST
CEOs Issue More Optimistic Earnings Forecasts in Terminal Year of Employment, Study Finds
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Retiring CEOs issue earnings forecasts more frequently during their final year of employment, and these forecasts tend to be more likely to convey good news than those released during pre-terminal years, according to a new study.

Released: 13-Feb-2014 1:30 PM EST
Drought Contributed to Typhus Epidemics in Mexico from 1655 to 1918, Study Shows
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Epidemiological data integrated with climate data estimated from tree-ring measurements indicate that drought contributed to the spread of epidemic typhus in Mexico during the pre-modern era (1655 to 1918).

Released: 12-Feb-2014 6:00 PM EST
New Study of Fossil Teeth Shows That Environment, as Well as Diet, May Impact Dental Wear
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Researchers at the University of Arkansas have established that pits and scratches on the teeth of mammal fossils give important clues to the diet of creatures that lived millions of years ago. A new study of dental microwear on shrews suggests that environment may impact teeth, as well.

Released: 12-Feb-2014 10:00 AM EST
Physicists Reveal Novel Magnetoelectric Effect
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

New research at the University of Arkansas reveals a novel magnetoelectric effect that may provide a route for using multiferroic materials for the application of RAM in computers and other devices.

Released: 30-Jan-2014 11:00 AM EST
Climate Study Projects Major Changes in Vegetation Distribution by 2100
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

An international research team has determined the distribution of species of vegetation over nearly half the world’s land area could be affected by predicted global warming.

Released: 21-Jan-2014 10:00 AM EST
Physicists Quantify Temperature Changes in Metal Nanowires
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

A University of Arkansas physicist and his collaborators have demonstrated the capability of measuring temperature changes in very small 3-D regions of space.

Released: 21-Jan-2014 10:00 AM EST
Physicists Discover Way to Engineer New Properties on Ultra-Thin Nanomaterials
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Physicists have engineered novel magnetic and electronic phases in the ultra-thin films of magnetic material, opening the door for researchers to design new classes of material.

Released: 19-Dec-2013 4:20 PM EST
Scientists Reveal Driving Force Behind Mitochondrial 'Sex' in Ancient Flowering Plant
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

A new study has uncovered an unprecedented example of horizontal gene transfer in a South Pacific shrub that is considered to be the sole survivor of one of the two oldest lineages of flowering plants.

Released: 17-Dec-2013 8:00 AM EST
Researchers Develop Risk-Assessment Tool for Mobile, Point-of-Sale Technology in Retail
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a risk-assessment tool to help retailers preparing to implement mobile point-of-sale technologies.

Released: 16-Dec-2013 5:00 PM EST
Newly Discovered Bone Shows Early Evolution of Human Hand
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

A recently discovered bone from the hand of an East African hominim provides the earliest record of a structural feature related to tool use.

Released: 16-Dec-2013 8:00 AM EST
Secondary Conditions Affect Length of Hospital Stay and Charges for HIV Patients
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Researchers studied the impact of comorbidity on two critical health-care-quality indicators and found that secondary conditions and diseases significantly affect hospital length of stay and total charges for HIV patients.

Released: 12-Dec-2013 10:40 AM EST
Physicists Provide Answers for Predicted Behavior in Relaxors
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

New research at the University of Arkansas shows that behavior can be predicted and understood in thin films made of materials called relaxors, which can be used in electronic devices.

Released: 12-Dec-2013 10:00 AM EST
Women's Strategies for Global and Social Mobility in Tanzanian Beauty Pageants
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

In her new book, University of Arkansas researcher Sabrina Billings looks at Tanzanian beauty pageants, where women use verbal and non-verbal communication to struggle for mobility, access to education and a place in the global world.

Released: 4-Nov-2013 10:00 PM EST
Repetition in Music Pulls Us In and Pulls Us Together
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

In On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind, Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis of the University of Arkansas explores the psychology of repetition in music, across time, style and cultures.

Released: 31-Oct-2013 10:00 AM EDT
Physicists Take an Atomic-Level Peek at Unexpected Behavior in Multilayered Structures
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

A new class of materials developed at the University of Arkansas may influence the next generation of nano-devices, in which integrated circuits are composed of many layers of dissimilar materials.

Released: 31-Oct-2013 8:00 AM EDT
Better Inventory Management Systems Can Reduce Operating Room Costs
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Health-care supply chain researchers conducted a major study of three hospitals and found that adoption of advanced inventory management systems can significantly reduce costs associated with medical and surgical items used in operating rooms.

Released: 29-Oct-2013 1:40 PM EDT
‘Shakers’ Help Engineers Develop Inexpensive System for Testing Condition of Bridges
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a novel dynamic testing system for characterizing and evaluating the structural condition of short- to medium-span bridges – structures up to 300 feet long.

Released: 23-Oct-2013 9:40 AM EDT
Arkansas Poll: Voters Express Record Levels of Pessimism About the Future
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

The 15th annual Arkansas Poll, conducted during the federal shutdown, found residents of the state dramatically more pessimistic about the future while continuing the trend toward identifying as Republican-leaning Independents.

Released: 16-Oct-2013 8:00 AM EDT
Computer Models of Tornadoes Show Possible Sheltering Region Behind Hills
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Three-dimensional computer models of the interaction between tornadoes and hills shows that wind velocities are significantly reduced on the leeward side of hills. The finding applied to hills whose height was equal to or greater than the radius of the tornado vortex.

Released: 15-Oct-2013 8:00 AM EDT
Researchers Chosen to Develop Advanced Microelectronic Circuits for Space Program
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

The University of Arkansas is one of 10 institutions selected by NASA to develop technology that will address technical needs and enable future missions of America’s space program.

Released: 7-Oct-2013 7:00 AM EDT
$32 Million Grant Focuses on Helping Teenagers with Disabilities Enter the Workplace
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

A $32 million grant to be administered over the next five years by the University of Arkansas will take the first step in helping teenagers with disabilities enter the workforce.



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