Lax state vaccination laws contribute to lower immunization rates and increased outbreaks of preventable diseases—like whooping cough and measles—according to a new study from the University of Georgia.
Researchers have discovered how parasitic plants evolved the ability to detect and attack their hosts. Their findings could lead to new techniques to control the thieving weeds.
Researchers at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine will lead a collaborative four-year study aimed at understanding the neurological mechanisms responsible for changes in taste following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery and also diet-induced obesity.
Researchers at the University of Georgia have developed new tools to study and genetically manipulate cryptosporidium. Their discoveries, published in the journal Nature, will ultimately help researchers find new treatments and vaccines for cryptosporidium, a major cause of disease and death in children under 2 years old.
Researchers from the University of Georgia have determined that various freshwater sources in Georgia, such as rivers and lakes, could feature levels of salmonella that pose a risk to humans. The study is featured in the July edition of PLOS One.
Unless humans slow the destruction of Earth’s declining supply of plant life, civilization like it is now may become completely unsustainable, according to a paper published recently by University of Georgia researchers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
In a nationwide study, researchers from the University of Georgia School of Social Work found that individuals of any age who used illicit drugs such as marijuana, cocaine or heroin within the past year had a higher likelihood of misusing prescription pain relievers as well.
Researchers at the University of Georgia have a message for Southern tree farmers worried about unexplainable pine tree deaths: Don’t panic. A new study published in Forest Ecology and Management analyzed growth in thousands of pine tree plots across the Southeast and indicates that “southern pine decline” isn’t happening on a large scale.
Though they occupy a small fraction of the Earth’s surface, freshwater wetlands are the largest natural source of methane going into the atmosphere. New research from the University of Georgia identifies an unexpected process that acts as a key gatekeeper regulating methane emissions from these freshwater environments.
The University of Georgia's Lynn Bailey led a comprehensive study on folate, an essential B vitamin required for DNA synthesis and normal growth and development. The paper, published in the Journal of Nutrition, includes 18 authors and represents a consensus of the top folate scientists globally.
Researchers at the University of Georgia College of Engineering are helping NASA determine if a key rocket component can withstand the rigors of the next generation of space flight. The parts in question—bellows expansion joints—serve several functions in rocket propulsion system.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker will visit the University of Georgia as the inaugural Delta Visiting Chair for Global Understanding Oct. 14-15.
Convincing someone to receive the annual flu vaccine goes beyond clever messaging and well-written public service announcements, University of Georgia research finds. The study, led by UGA’s Glen Nowak, outlines both the barriers and facilitators that motivate people in their flu vaccine decisions.
Researchers at the University of Georgia have discovered that the drug triciribine may reverse or halt the progression of pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension, two respiratory diseases that are almost invariably fatal. They published their findings in the British Journal of Pharmacology.
Researchers in the University of Georgia’s Regenerative Bioscience Center are visually capturing the first process of chromosome alignment and separation at the beginning of mouse development. The findings could lead to answers to questions concerning the mechanisms leading to birth defects and chromosome instability in cancer cells.
Researchers at the University of Georgia have used a gene editing tool known as CRISPR/Cas to modify the genome of a tree species for the first time. Their research opens the door to more rapid and reliable gene editing of plants.
Sea turtle researchers in the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources are using new technologies to unlock the mysteries of the ancient mariners: genetic fingerprinting.
Research by a University of Georgia public relations professor may permanently change the way health communicators reach audiences by revealing more effective methods for not only disseminating information, but also changing behavior.
A new analysis of data from thousands of U. S. college students indicates that their self-esteem rose dramatically between 1968 and 1994, indicating they may be living happier, healthier lives than their predecessors.
As the United States prepares militarily to fight terrorism, Americans can more successfully deal with the long-term stress that may become a part of our lives by making slight adjustments in what we eat, according to an internationally known nutrition scientist.
Research at the University of Georgia may lead to a revolutionary breed of treatments aimed at preventing the spread of cancer. A professor of biochemistry and molecular biology has discovered an enzyme that could help unravel the mystery of how cancer spreads in the human body.
Little is known about microbial processes in extreme environments, but a team of researchers, led by scientists at the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech, will travel to the Gulf in July and take a tiny submersible to the ocean bottom to learn more about processes that could have a major impact on such issues as the health of the seas and global warming. A webcast is planned.
Steven Spielberg's latest project "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence" has people talking. But A.I. is not just the stuff of fiction and film. University of Georgia cognitive science major Paul Apostolik has created his own "A.I." life form: Alfred, the poker-playing bot.
Researchers at the University of Georgia announced a technique which may dramatically improve the success rate of cattle cloning, and displayed eight cloned cattle ranging in age from two months to four months as evidence of their success.
"Aware but not ready" is how Cham Dallas, Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Toxicology at the University of Georgia and Civilian National Consultant to the Surgeon General for Weapons of Mass Destruction described U.S. preparedness for a large scale biological, chemical or nuclear terrorist attack.
A UGA research professor and Director of the Institute for Behavioral Research, has completed the only study of its kind showing how inner-city families cope with an HIV-infected mother and how they can best move forward.
"Aware but not ready" is how Cham Dallas, Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Toxicology at the University of Georgia and Civilian National Consultant to the Surgeon General for Weapons of Mass Destruction described U.S. preparedness for a large scale biological, chemical or nuclear terrorist attack.
Researchers at the University of Georgia have, for the first time, successfully transferred DNA into genetically uncharacterized species of the important bacterium Streptomyces.
Scientists studying an Amazonian watershed have found strikingly different seasonal patterns of nutrient cycling than elsewhere in the world.
A mycologist at the University of Georgia has shown for the first time that crucial cell "scaffold" proteins called septins belong to one of four classes. The discovery could help unlock more information about septins, which are found in most animals.
One of the first academic studies of its kind shows a huge increase in the number of consumers who are regularly shopping for groceries online and who are comfortable buying all of their groceries--including meat and produce--via the Internet.
New research by an anthropology graduate student at the University of Georgia has found that weeds in easy-to-reach disturbed areas may be even more important medically than plants in primary tropical rainforests. (Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 3-15-01)
An English professor at the University of Georgia has unearthed a Norse grammatical usage in a manuscript of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle -- pushing back the first written evidence of a Norse word in what would become modern English by a century.
A computational chemist at the University of Georgia has found an entirely new bonding arrangement for carbon molecules, a discovery that could open new ideas about lifeÃs most basic element. (Science, 12-6-00)
Two grants, totaling more than $6M, will allow University of Georgia child and family development professors to draw on years of research findings in developing prevention programs for African-American adolescents.
An extensive new field and laboratory study using cutting-edge scientific techniques may make it possible for archaeologists to pinpoint the quarries that supplied stone for some of the most famous statues and architecture of antiquity.
A team of geneticists at the University of Georgia have published a series of research papers that is altering how science views the diverse reproductive strategies of some of nature's most interesting creatures.
The University of Georgia is one of eight U.S. institutions awarded grants from the U.S. Department of Education to better train teachers for the challenges of today's classrooms.
A team led by a University of Georgia scientist is among seven groups around the nation receiving a grant under a major new initiative developed by the National Institutes of Health.
A researcher's success in recruiting and retaining older African Americans in a dietary intervention trial will be among the projects highlighted in a meeting of the Black Congressional Caucus on Sept. 15 in Washington, D.C.
Among the four primary U.S. minority groups -- blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and American Indians -- consumer buying power nearly doubled in the 1990s and grew at a far faster rate than overall U.S. buying power, according to a new University of Georgia study.
The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant of $3.4 million to a team led by a University of Georgia botany professor for research into the role of transposable elements in rice. The new research will be on the cutting edge of studies in the genetics of rice and could help lead to a new understanding of the worldÃs number-one crop plant.
For the population of Latinos in Georgia, along with relative prosperity has come a raft of problems, the worst of which are overcrowded and often shockingly substandard housing, along with a serious lack of public transportation.
Chemists at the University of Georgia have developed a new method of synthesizing the principal constituent units of Heparin, a widely used anti-coagulant that is thought to be involved in numerous biological processes with proteins.
A collaborative venture between the University of Georgia's business school and a company in Northern Ireland will result in a joint e-commerce project that will test marketing ideas for agricultural exports.
Sociologists from the University of Georgia have found that corporate headhunters may be far more vulnerable than previously thought to the ties that bind them to the corporate world (Work and Occupations).
A team of researchers that includes a computer scientist from the University of Georgia is, for the first time, using artificial intelligence tools called genetic algorithms to control how aerial spraying application models do their work.
More than 30 hours of videotaped interviews with former President Richard Nixon, most of them unseen outside of the group that produced them in 1983, will find a permanent home in the Media Archives at the University of Georgia Libraries.
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