February 12, 2021
According to a new UC study published in the journal Current Biology, male fruit flies with the most impressive sexual ornamentation also have super sperm that can outcompete that of rivals in the post-mating fertilization game.
March 10, 2021
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati hope to use the stable fly's genetic code against it to prevent billions of dollars in annual losses in the United States.
December 18, 2020
University of Cincinnati botanists replicate plant surveys of Cincinnati from 1834 and 1834 to track changes in the city's flora.
November 17, 2020
UC's herbarium joins two dozen other institutions in contributing to an enormous catalog of lichens and bryophytes, the group of small green plants that include mosses.
January 23, 2020
The University of Cincinnati is helping to sequence the genomes of 5,000 insects, spiders and crustaceans as part of an international project. The results will lead to better agriculture, improved food safety and advances in medicine.
January 24, 2020
University of Cincinnati biology student Jenny Yi-Ting Sung is applying analytical tools normally associated with studying evolution to examine Chinese opera masks. So far she has found surprising parallels in the significance of color and pattern in nature and in Jing masks.