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UC students design custom satellites

September 10, 2020

Engineering students at the University of Cincinnati are building tiny custom satellites to help scientists study some of the Earth’s most pressing environmental problems from space.

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UC researcher examines genetic role in addiction

October 12, 2020

In one of the first studies of its kind, a University of Cincinnati researcher is using a grant from the Ohio attorney general’s office to research the pharmacogenomics of opioid addiction. The grant was awarded to Caroline Freiermuth, MD, associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the UC College of Medicine, the principal investigator for the study. The initial year will be supported with $1.63 million from the attorney general’s office, secured through money collected from pharmaceutical companies involved in opioid lawsuits. Pharmacogenomics, a relatively new field, is the study of how genes affect a person's response to drugs.

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Secret weapon to stop invasive species: satellites

August 31, 2020

The University of Cincinnati found that satellite imagery can identify nonnative and invasive Amur honeysuckle, an ornamental shrub introduced from Asia that has spread in forests across much of the United States.

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UC Answers: How do I hone digital skills during COVID?

September 18, 2020

COVID-19 accelerated the digital transformation and made industry-recognized credentials even more essential job-seeking tools. UC helps students and workers upskill to stay competitive in an evolving job market.

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Trout don’t follow the weather forecast

September 11, 2020

University of Cincinnati visiting assistant professor of biology Michael Booth studied the migration patterns of steelhead, a subpopulation of rainbow trout that migrates to the Pacific Ocean, where the growing fish hunt and feed until they return to their natal freshwater streams to spawn.

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Fish exposed to estrogen produce fewer males

October 22, 2020

UC assistant professor Latonya Jackson conducted experiments with North American freshwater fish called least killifish. She found that populations of killifish exposed to estrogen in concentrations of 5 nanograms per liter in controlled lab conditions had fewer males and produced fewer offspring. Scientists have found estrogen at as much as 16 times that concentration in streams adjacent to sewage treatment plants.

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Ancient Maya built sophisticated water filters

October 22, 2020

A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Cincinnati discovered evidence of a sophisticated filtration system in the ancient Maya city of Tikal in what is now northern Guatemala.