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Tired mosquitoes choose sleep over food

June 1, 2022

Researchers with the University of Cincinnati found that mosquitoes whose slumber is disrupted are more interested in catching up on their sleep than looking for food the next day. The research demonstrates how vital this biological function is even among insects.

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How blind cavefish survive a low-oxygen environment

March 11, 2022

Cavefish have obvious adaptations such as missing eyes and pale colors that demonstrate how they evolved over millennia in a dark, subterranean world. Now researchers at the University of Cincinnati say these incredible fish have an equally remarkable physiology that helps them cope with a low-oxygen environment that would kill other species.

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New UC method worth its salt

July 22, 2022

A chemist at the University of Cincinnati has come up with a novel way to study the thermodynamic properties of molten salt, which is used in many nuclear and solar energy applications.

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UC students uncover ancient city

August 10, 2022

The Cincinnati Enquirer highlights research by UC associate professor Steven Ellis and his students who are discovering new insights about ancient civilizations in Italy.

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Light pollution can disorient monarch butterflies

May 23, 2022

Biologists at the University of Cincinnati say nighttime light pollution can interfere with the remarkable navigational abilities of monarchs, which travel as far as Canada to Mexico and back during their multigenerational migration.

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How to give a hippo an ultrasound

May 26, 2022

University of Cincinnati master's student Julie Barnes works as a veterinarian at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden where she recently performed an ultrasound on a hippo.

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UC hopes to inspire physics teachers with latest discoveries

June 29, 2023

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy, QuarkNet helps high school teachers bring real research experience into their classrooms. A group of Cincinnati-area teachers joined physics faculty in UC’s College of Arts and Sciences in June to learn more about the startling discoveries taking place in labs around the world.