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Stories about Research

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Janet Laible Explores Brexit and the European Union

Laible edits a new book that examines the impact of Brexit on the European Union, which may be more of a problem for Britain than other EU nations.

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Sara Kangas Provides Insight into High Percentages of English Learners with Disabilities in Schools

Kangas examines through multiple studies how state and federal policies and structural issues in schools can be barriers to learning.

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A Search Engine for Datasets

Haiyan Jia and a team of AV¸£ÀûÉç researchers works to create a dataset search engine prototype that allows users to find data online regardless of domain.

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Confirmatory Bias in Health Decisions: The MMR Vaccine and Autism Controversy

Shin-Yi Chou and Ernest Lai investigate how conflicting information figures into health decisions.

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Amber Rice Examines Carolina and Black-Capped Chickadees in the Hybrid Zone to Understand How New Species Arise

Rice investigates hybridization through ecological field research, behavioral tests, and population genetics and genomics.

Artistic rendering of Lesley Chow's new method to create continuous, highly organized scaffolds to regenerate two different tissues

A New Approach to Tissue Engineering: Lesley Chow Creates Scaffolds for Tissue Regeneration

Chow and her team have demonstrated a new method to create continuous, highly organized scaffolds for tissue regeneration.

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The Creation of Art & Knowledge at a University Museum

A AV¸£ÀûÉç Art Galleries exhibition of faculty work celebrates artists as researchers.

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David Zhang Works to Understand the Complicated Relationship Between Labor and Technology

Zhang explores IT’s potential to eventually replace higher-skilled workers.


Oliver Yao: The Impact of 'Monday Effect' on Supply Chains

Just Another (Panic) Monday?

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A New Approach for Efficient Solar Energy Conversion

AV¸£ÀûÉç engineers have characterized the thermal energy conversion mechanism in the lattice of an advanced nanomaterial called chalcogenide perovskite and demonstrated its 'tunability'―important for its potential use in solar energy generation.