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A new group of corrosion-resistant, conducting polymers have been developed as a replacement for toxic chromates in paints and other coating systems.

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Recent efforts to improve hurricane tracking and intensity predictions have focused on the effect the ocean has on the movement of hurricanes. Oceanographers have demonstrated how the roughness of the ocean surface affects the speed and intensity of these powerful storms.

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More and more common antibiotics are losing their effectiveness because they are used too often, allowing bacteria to develop resistance to the drugs. A researcher has found a solution to this problem with a natural compound that boosts antibiotic strength from 100 to 1,000 times.

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After more than a decade of recording and categorizing 20,000 patterns and scanning the front and back of each package into an electronic data base, the largest collection of clothes patterns in the world is now available in a two-volume CD set containing patterns dating from 1868 to 1956.

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A revolutionary new antenna technology for multiple applications has been invented that is dramatically smaller than existing antennas while still producing high efficiency and excellent bandwidth.

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When off-road vehicles drive on beaches, they can reduce the number of creatures living on the beach by as much as 50 percent, according to a study of the Cape Cod National Seashore.

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As the host of "The Planet's Funniest Animals" Matt Gallant has achieved celebrity status. His television career began in Rhode Island while studying communications and theater at URI. He graduated from URI in 1986 and will return to his alma mater this month to give the commencement address.

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Nearly 20 years after first finding the sunken remains of the R.M.S. Titanic, marine explorer Robert Ballard will return in June to help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) study the ship's rapid deterioration.

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On the 92nd anniversary of its sinking, explorer Robert Ballard will announce his return expedition to the Titanic at a press briefing April 15.

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The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and The Station nightclub fire have drawn new attention to the challenges of evacuating people from public buildings.

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As many schools are pulling unhealthy foods from their vending machines to help curb childhood obesity, scores of teachers join the fight from the fitness front. With a new federal grant, teachers are receiving pedometers and heart rate monitors to track daily student activity levels.

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A simple comb could become the latest tool in the battle against terrorism. That's because a group of researchers has found that chemicals used to make bombs remain in the hair of explosives handlers long after repeated washings.

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Little is known by researchers and others in the United States about the well being, attitudes, ambitions, lifestyles and concerns of the 300 million children in China. Limited access to research, combined with the inherent language barrier, has kept these conditions poorly understood. Until now.

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An education professor says the No Child Left Behind Act is "painfully simplistic" and its results are "remarkably different" from what was intended.

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A professor whose wife suffered migraines has developed a nasal formulation of Ketorolac tromethamine to eliminate pain and a nasal formulation of metoclopramide hydrochloride to combat intense nausea and vomiting that can accompany migraines.

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Following an earthquake, it's often difficult to determine which buildings, roads or bridges have sustained enough structural damage to make them dangerous. An advanced optical strain gauge just developed may be the key to ensuring public safety under these and other circumstances.

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In another example of the far-reaching impact of global warming, a University of Rhode Island student found evidence that suggests some songbirds may avoid eating insects that consume leaves exposed to high levels of carbon dioxide.

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Since most criminals only strike when they aren't being watched, reliable surveillance of homes and businesses is a round-the-clock job. A URI researcher has made that job considerably easier and less expensive, thanks to a new technology he developed that can automatically track moving objects in real time.

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FarSounder, Inc. and a URI researcher have begun commercial production of the first 3D forward-looking sonar designed as an aid to marine navigation. The device will allow marine vessels to avoid collisions with submerged obstacles and potentially save the marine industry $2 to $3 billion per year in damage costs.

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While breathalyzers help police crack down on drunk driving, a similar new device is helping to analyze the dietary changes of migrating songbirds. Just as human breathalyzers measure an individual's blood-alcohol level, the bird breathalyzer measures the "carbon signature" of a bird's last meal.

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A Bush Administration proposal to mitigate the effects of global warming by capturing carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and injecting it into the deep sea could have disastrous effects on sea life.

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The globalization of the fishing industry and the decline of many fish populations in U.S. waters has meant that the fish we eat no longer comes from where it once came. Crab for 'Maryland' crab cakes comes from Indonesia, and New England bay scallops now come from China, for instance.

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The University of Rhode Island was recently awarded $5.6 million in federal funding for its ongoing and proposed efforts to reduce alcohol abuse among college students.

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The University of Rhode Island has been awarded a $3.5 million National Science Foundation ADVANCE grant that will help recruit future women faculty members in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematical fields to URI and advance their careers.

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Freshman enrollment in the University of Rhode Island's College of Nursing has more than doubled from last year.

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URI Professor Roberta King is on the hunt. The biomedical scientist is trying to crack the mysteries of the very first steps of carcinogenesis, the development of cancer, and she now has the right tools at her disposal thanks to the Rhode Island Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network.

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When birds migrate over long distances to and from their breeding grounds, it takes more than strong flight muscles and an innate knowledge of where they're going. Migration also takes guts. Several recent studies have shown that birds have a flexible digestive system that they modify to meet the changing energy demands of migration.

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A URI turf expert just returned from a week-long visit to Greece to advise organizers working with the Olympic Committee and its building contractors about grass varieties, soil conditions, fertilizers and environmental considerations for the playing fields.

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Some forests throughout the Northeast are rapidly changing, but most observers won't notice it unless they take a close look at the soil beneath their feet. That's because the driving force behind the changing forests are earthworms, which are altering habitat for plants, salamanders, birds and other wildlife.

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A study conducted by University of Rhode Island College of Business Administration students has found that 65 percent of URI undergraduates own a credit card, compared to the national rate of 52 percent.

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The Coast Guard's ability to respond effectively to search and rescue calls, oil spills, and various homeland security issues depends a great deal on local weather and marine conditions. Now a new tool is available to quickly monitor and forecast coastal conditions around the world.

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With the baseball season upon us, there's a book bound to be a hit with baseball fans and movie buffs. "Often the two are the same," notes Steve Wood, whose just-released book Reel Baseball examines the cultural intersection between film and baseball.

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A URI researcher is evaluating the use of saliva as an alternative to blood tests for monitoring medication levels of organ transplant pateints. Such a sample could be obtained at home, without the need for needles and trips to hospitals, clinics or doctors' offices.

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A pilot study of delayed umbilical cord clamping of premature infants found the babies had higher blood pressure, higher glucose levels, and fewer digestive problems than those whose cords were clamped immediately after birth.

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To assess the wear and tear on jet engine parts, mechanics run the aircraft's lubricating fluid through a magnetic device to separate out engine debris. A URI researcher uses a similar process to assess the wear and tear on artificial hip and knee joints to reduce the number of follow-up surgeries patients must undergo.

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With fewer than 300 northern right whales remaining, the seriously endangered species may face yet another obstacle to recovery. The whales are regularly exposed to the neurotoxins responsible for paralytic shellfish poisoning through feeding on contaminated zooplankton.

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A new experimental economics lab at URI is playing an important role in testing how emerging economic markets might work.

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Home care agencies that use research-based pain management standards help patients at home feel better and their family caregivers feel less burdened.

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A URI geophysicist has devised a cost-effective, new method for finding underground contaminants that will reduce drilling and digging beneath the surface.

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University of Rhode Island students needing a quick and easy way to get across campus will soon have a fleet of bicycles at their disposal that they can use for free, thanks to an innovative bike sharing program being planned by a group of freshmen.

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With the help of local middle and high school teachers, a URI geologist is tracking and collecting cosmic dust particles and other materials that travel around the globe on Earth's weather patterns.

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Want to help fight hunger but low on funds? The University of Rhode Island's Alan Shawn Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America suggests a cost-free, simple way to help those in need.

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As part of a national effort to increase organ and tissue donations in the African-American and other minority communities where the need for organs outpaces donations, researchers from the University of Rhode Island are on the road this fall.

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Imagine a fire door that changes color when hot, football jerseys that can tell when a player is overheating, road signs that change color indicating icy road conditions, and food packaging stamps that disappear when products have been kept at room temperature for too long. URI researchers are making these products a reality.

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The aquaculture industry in the United States and around the world will never grow to its full potential unless it radically reforms its practices and produces positive impacts on the environment and society. That's the premise of a landmark new book by Barry Costa-Pierce.

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A URI researcher has developed a microelectronic chip that could play a key role in collecting data about the habitat salmon prefer during their two- to three-year ocean migration. The device was developed because of concerns that salmon mortality rates appear to be linked to increasing ocean temperatures caused by global warming.

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His name isn't Rockefeller, Carnegie or Trump, yet Rhode Island philanthropist Alan Shawn Feinstein is a multi-millionaire without all the trappings. His beneficiaries are the citizens of Rhode Island and hungry people everywhere.

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To help others embrace a mind-body holistic approach to life, a University of Rhode Island professor has authored Creative Fitness, published by Auburn House in May. The emphasis is on the importance of self-understanding to create lifelong enjoyable exercise and eating patterns.

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A University of Rhode Island professor was recently awarded a gold medal by the Japan Society of Sericultural Science for her research on the genetics of silkworms. It's the society's highest honor and has never before been awarded to a woman or to a non-Japanese scientist.

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Preliminary results of a University of Rhode Island analysis of the eye-movements of automobile drivers using cell phones found that the drivers have a reduced field of view -- tunnel vision.