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A researcher at Georgia State University is studying a new, biological treatment for bacterial and fungal pathogens that are killing honeybees and bats in record numbers.

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There is no correlation between the consumption of a cow’s milk-based formula or hydrolyzed protein formula and the development of diabetes-associated autoantibodies in children younger than seven, according to a worldwide research study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

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Land use policies and preferential tax treatment for housing – in the form of federal income tax deductions for mortgage interest and property taxes – have increased carbon emissions in the United States by about 2.7 percent, almost 6 percent annually in new home construction, according to a new Georgia State University study.

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The Center for Obesity Reversal, a new top-level research center at Georgia State University, has been established to foster research projects that will help fight the nation’s obesity epidemic.

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Dr. Timothy J. Bartness, a Regents’ Professor of Biology and director of the Center for Obesity Reversal at Georgia State University, has received a five-year, $2.5 million renewal of the MERIT (Method to Extend Research in Time) Award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to study lipolysis, the breakdown of body fat, and thermogenesis, or heat production, from specialized fat cells.

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Men who have been incarcerated and released are more than twice as likely to die prematurely as those who haven't been imprisoned, according to a Georgia State University criminologist.

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Chimpanzees have almost the same personality traits as humans, and they are structured almost identically, according to new work led by researchers at Georgia State University.

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Inhibiting enzymes that cause changes in gene expression could decrease chemotherapy resistance in ovarian cancer patients, researchers at Georgia State University and the University of Georgia say.

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Dr. Richard Plemper, a professor in the new Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has received a five-year, $2.83 million federal grant to develop novel therapeutics against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infection.

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Ginseng can help treat and prevent influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a respiratory virus that infects the lungs and breathing passages, according to research findings by a scientist in Georgia State University’s new Institute for Biomedical Sciences.

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A novel antiviral drug may protect people infected with the measles from getting sick and prevent them from spreading the virus to others, an international team of researchers says.

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Student enrollment in courses related to religion and philosophy has risen 80 percent at Georgia State University since last summer -- a phenomenon faculty members attribute to increased interest in Middle Eastern culture following the Sept. 11 terrorist atttacks.

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From a communication professor who studies presidential rhetoric in terrorism crises to one of the nation's top experts on large-scale disasters, Georgia State University's faculty is available to provide insight on the world's biggest news story.

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Valentine's Day: Feature story ideas from Georgia State University

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Black History Month: Story ideas from Georgia State University

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Black History Month: Story ideas from Georgia State University

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Astronomers at Georgia State University have obtained the first results from two telescopes working in concert on Mt. Wilson, California.

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Dominant and subordinate crayfish react to stressful situations by responding to the same brain chemical in two different ways depending on their changing social status, according to new work by Georgia State University biologists.

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Georgia State's Environmental Research Center is gathering intelligence on the microbes that live in your car, on your contact lenses and elsewhere, causing allergies and disease. Next week they'll meet with industry representatives in a unique collaborative effort to find the best solutions to microbial problems we all face with products we use every day.