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The Conversation: Tiny Robots and AI Algorithms Could Help To Craft Material Solutions for Cleaner Environments

posted on September 26, 2024

Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Mahshid Ahmadi provides insight on the research she and her colleagues are conducting using robots and artificial intelligence to make and test new photocatalysts with the goal of mitigating air pollution.

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The Conversation: Trees Compete for Space, Light and Resources, and Those Clashes Can Leave Battle Scars

posted on August 23, 2024

Professor Emeritus of Silviculture and Forest Management Wayne Clatterbuck studies the ecological changes in species composition, tree arrangement and forest development. He and his colleagues researched how tree species interact and change over time when impacted by natural disasters or other disturbances.

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Smooth rocks at the bottom of a body of water.

The Conversation: Seafloor Sediment Reveals Previously Unknown Volcanic Eruption 520,000 Years Ago in South Aegean Sea

posted on July 29, 2024

Associate Professor of Petrology and Planetary Geoscience Molly McCanta spent two months cruising the south Aegean Sea on board the International Ocean Discovery Program’s JOIDES Resolution as part of International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 398.

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UT Leads $25M Nuclear Technology Consortium

posted on July 1, 2024

UT will lead 15 universities and eight national laboratories in a $25 million nuclear technology consortium funded by the US Department of Energy. The partnership aims to produce new knowledge and a diverse workforce to enable the US and its allies to safely and securely triple nuclear power output throughout the world by 2050.

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A brown ant stands on a green leaf.

The Conversation: Ferns and Flowers Bribe Helpful Ant Defenders with Nectar, but Ferns Developed This Ability Much Later – Our Study Shows Why

posted on June 27, 2024

Jacob Suissa, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, joined fern biologist Fay-Wei Li from the Boyce Thompson Institute and Cornell University ant biologist Corrie Moreau to examine the evolution of ant-bribing defense mechanisms in plants.

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Clouds over the Great Lakes as seen from space.

The Conversation: Losing Winter Ice is Changing the Great Lakes Food Web – Here’s How Light Is Shaping Life Underwater

posted on June 13, 2024

Steven Wilhelm, professor of microbiology, and Brittany Zepernick, postdoctoral researcher in microbiology, joined Robert McKay from the University of Windsor to research how diatom communities in open waters differ from those that live under ice.

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