University of Cincinnati prototype designs to improve the lives of researchers when they are “roughing it” will be tested this September in the Himalayan Mountains.
In an article to be published in a special issue of Public Administration Review, University of Cincinnati researchers find that the goals of the Intelligence Reform and Prevention of Terrorism Act remain unfulfilled.
At a recent Gordon Research Conference, Anna Gudmundsdottir of the University of Cincinnati described the work of her research team, including efforts to build organic magnets, and systems using light to release chemicals, including fragarances.
University of Cincinnati research challenges kids to develop comic book characters who communicate healthy messages. The results indicate those messages were inspiring.
UC researchers have developed the first lab-on-a-chip sensor to provide fast feedback regarding levels of the heavy metal manganese in humans. The sensor is both environmentally and child friendly, and will first be field tested in Marietta, Ohio, where a UC researcher is leading a long-term health study on the potential health effects of heavy metals.
Most recidivism research focuses on characteristics of the offender to determine the likelihood of repeat criminal activity. University of Cincinnati researchers are presenting recidivism research that instead looks at success factors of those residential programs (e.g. halfway houses) most likely to reduce recidivism.
A national health journal publishes a paper by a team of researchers that is launching a new direction for research into the social stigma surrounding abortion.
University of Cincinnati analysis of hospital supply chains holds promise for labor (and economic) savings related to stocking the supplies used by health care providers.
The University of Cincinnati’s most recent research in Cyprus reveals the remnants of a Late Bronze Age (1500-750 B.C.) fortress that may have functioned to protect an important urban economic center in the ancient world.
The turmoil in oil-producing nations is triggering turmoil at home, as rising oil prices force Americans to pay more at the pump. Meanwhile, there’s a growing industry that’s promising jobs and access to cheaper energy resources on American soil, but it’s not without its controversy. Deborah Kittner, a University of Cincinnati doctoral student in geography, presents, “What’s the Fracking Problem? Extraction Industry’s Neglect of the Locals in the Pennsylvania Marcellus Region,” at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Kittner will be presenting April 14 at the meeting in Seattle.
The annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers will feature presentations from scholars, researchers, professionals and students, including those from UC.
A new approach to conducting archaeological research – led by University of Cincinnati researchers – is revolutionizing methods of recording history, a field that is steeped in tradition.
Two new Civil War histories by a UC Civil War historian are due out soon. They bring to light a vicious border state campaign and secret societies of the time.
Music communicates a lot regarding how we remember a person, place, thing or idea. Music about Abraham Lincoln is no different. An ongoing UC research project is examining the American experience of Abraham Lincoln through the music written about him from 1865 to 2009.
Weather and environmental change can bring alterations – and scarcity – in food resources. In looking at how such changes might affect mating choices and subsequent reproduction, University of Cincinnati researchers studied how hunger affects the mating preferences of common female spiders.
A team of geologists from the University of Cincinnati has documented the undersea effects of Hurricane Lenny, a rare November hurricane which tracked west-to-east across the Caribbean in 1999. The damage found along coral reefs is helping paleontologists understand the effects of ancient storms as well.