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Self: Here’s how to tell if your sunscreen has expired

July 7, 2023

Sunscreen is an essential product for outdoor activity. However, which product to use and how to tell if the product is still good can be confusing. UC cosmetic chemist Kelly Dobos speaks to SELF Magazine and WVXU radio reporters to determine best practices when choosing sunscreen.

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‘Everything is made out of something’

July 5, 2023

Ashley Paz y Puente is an assistant professor of materials engineering at the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science. Supported by the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER grant she was awarded in 2022, Paz y Puente is researching how to create stronger and lighter weight materials that could be applied to almost everything we use in our daily lives. She is seeking to better understand the Kirkendall effect in the process of diffusion.

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New plant invader takes over Eastern forests

June 30, 2023

pretty ornamental shrub from Japan found in many people’s yards is sprouting wild in an increasing number of parks and forests across the United States. Now researchers at the University of Cincinnati warn that the shrub, Siebold’s viburnum, is showing up in many public forests across southwest Ohio.

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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.

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Research reveals insights into transplant rejection, new drug targets

June 28, 2023

Imagine a day when a urine test could inform a doctor precisely why a kidney transplant patient was experiencing organ rejection and suggest the best medication for specifically addressing the problem. That day took a leap closer to reality thanks to a set of single-cell analyses that have identified the most specific cellular signatures to date for kidney transplant rejection. The findings were published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

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NPR: Abandoned wells are leaking planet-warming methane

June 28, 2023

UC College of Arts and Sciences Professor Amy Townsend-Small tells NPR's Here & Now program that a relatively small percentage of wells are responsible for most of the methane spilling into the atmosphere from leaks.