The 'Croak' Conundrum: Parasites Complicate Love Signals in Frogs
An Â鶹ŮÀÉ study shows parasites can affect mating signals in green treefrogs by subtly altering male calls, influencing how females choose mates.
AR Job Coaching Boosts Performance by 79% for People With Disabilities
An Â鶹ŮÀÉ study finds augmented reality can transform job training for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, boosting task accuracy from 14% to 93% and cutting training from months to minutes.
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 Harbor Branch Receives Gift for Environmental Research
Â鶹ŮÀÉ's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute received a $300,000 gift from the Robertson Family Fund for marine research focused on coral and seagrass restoration.
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.