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Silk offers homemade solution for COVID-19 prevention

September 22, 2020

With personal protective equipment still in short supply, researchers at the University of Cincinnati examined what common household fabrics might work best as a face covering. They found that silk is breathable, washable and moisture better than cotton or synthetics.

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Nanosized, with huge potential

July 8, 2020

Xiaoyang Qi, PhD, received a $500,000 PanCAN grant to study ways a combination therapy could nudge the immune system to fight pancreatic cancer.

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Walking backward to get ahead

June 30, 2020

A researcher with the University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute thinks walking backward on a treadmill might help patients who have experienced stroke learn to walk again.

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UC finds ancient Maya reservoirs contained toxic pollution

June 26, 2020

A diverse team of biologists, chemists, anthropologists and geographers from the University of Cincinnati identified toxic mercury and algae in two central reservoirs of Tikal, an ancient Maya city, in the ninth century shortly before the city was abandoned.

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Mars rover mission has UC connections

February 18, 2021

UC geology professor Andy Czaja will serve on the NASA science team that will use the autonomous rover Perseverance to look for evidence of ancient life on Mars. The rover is expected to touch down on Mars on Feb. 18.