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Released: 4-Dec-1998 12:00 AM EST
Innovation Paves Way for Better Telecommunication
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

University of Arkansas researchers and an international team have integrated a new light-dependent thermometer into a machine that will change the way the telecommunications industry looks at atoms and lead to better phones and faster computers.

6-Oct-1998 12:00 AM EDT
$50 million to U of Arkansas College of Business
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation makes largest gift ever to a college of business administration: $50 million to the University of Arkansas.

27-Oct-1998 12:00 AM EST
Dating movement in the New Madrid Seismic Zone
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

To help geologists form a timeline for a forecasted major earthquake in the nation's heartland, geologists from the Universities of Arkansas and Colorado are dating earthquakes and calculating rates of movement in the New Madrid Seismic Zone using archeological sites along the Mississippi River.

Released: 18-Nov-1998 12:00 AM EST
Thinking about a Sales Gimmick Can Save Money
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Just in time for holiday shopping, a new study by the University of Arkansas department of psychology shows that the amount of thought consumers put into a purchase can determine whether sales gimmicks sway their decision to buy.

Released: 2-Dec-1998 12:00 AM EST
Work Cited in 1998 Nobel Prize
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

The 1998 Nobel Prize in Chemistry recipients cited the work of a scientist who has been quietly working at the University of Arkansas for almost two decades.

17-Dec-1998 12:00 AM EST
Researchers Create Map to Protect Threatened Birds
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

A first-of-a-kind map created by University of Arkansas researchers may help keep hundreds of bird species from becoming extinct in the next century.

Released: 15-Jan-1999 12:00 AM EST
Money Really Talks
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

A University of Arkansas researcher and her colleague have found that when it comes to work incentives, money really does talk -- but the message depends upon the amount of cash. Their research refutes some business consultants' claims that financial incentives -- such as pay raises or bonuses -- will have no effect on employee performance.

Released: 10-Feb-1999 12:00 AM EST
Loss, Labor and Luck: A New Look at the Civil Rights Movement
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

With the celebration of Black History Month in February, Americans look back on the civil rights movement in many ways. But a researcher at the University of Arkansas offers a startling new perspective -- one that reminds us how lucky we were.

Released: 11-Feb-1999 12:00 AM EST
Breaking the Tattoo Taboo
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Before you get your sweetheart's name tattooed you-know-where this Valentine's Day, heed the studies of a University of Arkansas researcher who says you may be succumbing to a needle-friendly social fad.

   
Released: 17-Feb-1999 12:00 AM EST
Researcher Charts Dental Landscapes and Diet's Evolution
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

University of Arkansas anthropologist Peter Ungar has found a way to use computer mapping techniques to chart the landscape of teeth and learn how the human diet might have evolved. His insights into "dental landscapes" may help solve today's diet-related health problems.


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