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UC faculty, grads win prestigious international research prize

August 30, 2022

A University of Cincinnati engineering professor and five of his students will receive a prestigious international award for their work studying ways to address water pollution. The Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water will be awarded to UC College of Engineering and Applied Science distinguished research professor Dionysios Dionysiou and his student research team.

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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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Pythons are true choke artists

September 16, 2022

Biologists at the University of Cincinnati found that it’s not just the size of a python's head and body that puts almost everything on a python’s menu. They evolved super-stretchy skin between their lower jaws that allows them to consume prey up to six times larger than similar-sized snakes.

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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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Conversion process turns pollution into cash

March 17, 2022

Engineers at the University of Cincinnati have developed a promising electrochemical system to convert emissions from chemical and power plants into useful products while addressing climate change.