Â鶹ŮÀÉ Awarded $2.4M NIH Grant for Immune Signaling and Social Behavior
Â鶹ŮÀÉ has received a $2.4M NIH grant to study how the neuronal immune receptor IL-1R1 shapes brain circuits, behavior, and social function, offering new insights into neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Â鶹ŮÀÉ Lands $4.5M U.S. Air Force T-1A Jayhawk Flight Simulator
Â鶹ŮÀÉ's College of Engineering and Computer Science received a U.S. Air Force T-1A Jayhawk Mixed Reality and 3D Motion flight simulator through an in-kind grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
Â鶹ŮÀÉ Study: Do Best Friends or Popular Peers Shape Teen Behavior?
A study by Â鶹ŮÀÉ is the first to place best friends and popular peers within the same analytical model and ask a simple yet revealing question: who matters more, and in what ways?
Â鶹ŮÀÉ Awarded $900,000 for Gulf of America Sea-Level Research
Â鶹ŮÀÉ researchers have received a $900,000, four-year grant from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to advance AI-driven sea-level forecasts and tools for Gulf Coast resilience.
Marine Plastic Pollution Alters Octopus Predator-Prey Encounters
Â鶹ŮÀÉ research shows a chemical released by plastics can alter how octopus and their prey behave -- shifting prey choice and lowering prey defenses. Plastic-derived oleamide may quietly rewire marine behavior.
Researchers Find New Bacteria in Stranded Florida Pygmy Sperm Whales
Analyzing more than 20 years of stranding data, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch researchers discovered three new Helicobacter bacteria strains in stranded pygmy sperm whales, linked to ulcers and stomach inflammation.
Power Grids to Epidemics: Small Patterns Trigger Systemic Failures
New Â鶹ŮÀÉ research finds that tiny clusters of interacting units, or motifs, can trigger major cascades, which could help to predict sudden shifts in power grids, ecosystems and social networks.
Â鶹ŮÀÉ's Federated Learning AI Model Presented at Top AI Conference
Â鶹ŮÀÉ engineering researchers presented their novel federated learning AI model, pFedDB, at the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, which had an acceptance rate of 17.6%.
Study Finds Teen 'Sexting' Surge, Warns of Sextortion, Privacy Risks
A national Â鶹ŮÀÉ study shows teen sexting is rising fast - fueling coercion, privacy breaches and sextortion. Nearly half of those who sent images had them shared without consent, underscoring urgent safety gaps.
Â鶹ŮÀÉ Study: Tiny Worm Offers Clues to Combat Chemotherapy Neurotoxicity
A new study used tiny worms to model nerve damage from a common chemotherapy drug and found treatments that reduced seizures and motor deficits, pointing to ways to protect patients.