Gene Discovery Nets °®åú´«Ã½ Researchers U.S. Patent to Treat Addiction
An invention in the fields of pharmacology, medicine, neuroscience and psychiatry using a molecular approach to treat addiction has earned Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D., and Maureen Hahn, Ph.D., a U.S. patent.
Geographic 'Hot Spots' for Cigarette, Firearm Deaths in the U.S.
A new °®åú´«Ã½ study shows geographically distinct areas of the highest death rates in the U.S. related to cigarettes as well as firearms, including both assault and suicide over two decades from 1999 to 2019.
°®åú´«Ã½ Lands $4.2 Million NIH Grant for Air Quality, Alzheimer's Study
°®åú´«Ã½ researchers will examine the effects of smoke-related pollution from agricultural burns on Alzheimer's and related dementias risks on farmworkers and rural residents along Florida's Lake Okeechobee.
Study Finds Massive Loss of U.S. Coastline Tidal Flats Over 31 Years
°®åú´«Ã½ researchers provide the first big picture nationwide of a 'coastal squeeze' in the contiguous U.S. from 1985 to 2015, which has resulted in degeneration of tidal flats due to urban expansion.
°®åú´«Ã½ Receives National Academy of Inventors Chapter of Excellence Award
°®åú´«Ã½'s chapter of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) was recently honored with the inaugural Chapter of Excellence Award during the NAI Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
°®åú´«Ã½ Study Reveals Common Wristbands 'Hotbed' for Harmful Bacteria
A study tested various textures of wristbands to determine if they harbor pathogenic bacteria. E. coli was prevalent on 60 percent of wristbands and Staphylococcus was prevalent on 85 percent of wristbands.
°®åú´«Ã½ Study: Perils of Not Being Attractive or Athletic in Middle School
A first-of-its-kind °®åú´«Ã½ research study shows life is harder for children who are not attractive or athletic. As their unpopularity grows, so do their problems - increasing loneliness and alcohol misuse.
Protected Sex: Study Records Grouper Mating Calls in U.S. Caribbean
°®åú´«Ã½ Harbor Branch researchers deployed an autonomous, passive acoustic platform to survey marine protected areas on the western shelf of Puerto Rico during grouper reproductive seasons.
Study Compares Youth Detained for Prostitution With Serious Offenders
A study is the first to use a nationally representative sample to compare risk factors and characteristics of youth detained for sex trafficking to youth detained for more serious offenses such as murder.
DNA Decodes Dining Desires of Shell-Shucking Whitespotted Eagle Rays
°®åú´«Ã½ Harbor Branch researchers are the first to uncover the finer-scale feeding patterns of the whitespotted eagle ray in U.S. coastal waters.