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How to make the faculty job search less discouraging

May 5, 2023

Postdoctoral researchers often get little useful feedback about ways to improve their job applications for faculty positions. So a University of Cincinnati anthropologist set up a pilot program that invited postdoctoral researchers to review each others’ application documents.

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UC analysis shows Griffin Warrior ruled his homeland

August 25, 2022

Using new scientific tools, University of Cincinnati archaeologists discovered that an ancient Greek leader known today as the Griffin Warrior likely grew up around the seaside city he would one day rule.

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UC creates next generation of internet security

August 26, 2022

An encryption tool created by a University of Cincinnati math professor will soon safeguard the telecommunications, online retail and banking and other digital systems we use every day.

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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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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 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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Omicron hit rural America harder than cities

June 14, 2022

The omicron variant of COVID-19 spread most quickly in populated, urban areas in late 2021 and early 2022 but caused more fatalities in rural counties where vaccinations are lagging, according to an analysis by the University of Cincinnati. Researchers say COVID-19 exposed disparities in health care in rural America.

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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 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.