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Interaction Rewiring: USU Biologists Explore Ecological Effects of Loss of Big Birds
Binod Borah and Noelle Beckman analyze interactions within Andean bird-plant seed dispersal networks to explore "what…
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Different Strokes: USU Ecologists Say Plants Produce 'Astonishing' Array of Metabolic Substances
Noelle Beckman and Gerald Schneider explore the vast chemodiversity and phylogenetic dispersion of metabolites in…
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USU Evolutionary Biologist Awarded $1.85M NIH Grant to Study Large-Scale Mutations
Biology Professor Zach Gompert received a five-year Maximizing Investigators' Research Award from the National…
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USU Researchers Develop Device to Study Early Stages of Age-Related Vision Loss
Researchers at USU have engineered a novel, custom device that could provide new insights into both the progression…
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USU Undergrads Experience Life Sciences Research in Immersive Summer Mentorship Program
In biology faculty member Robert Schaeffer's Lab, scholars Sage Yazzie and Noah Todachiny, with doctoral student…
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Super Powers: USU Researchers Say Alpacas' Unique Immune Systems Could Aid Humans
Undergraduate James Cisneros, his faculty mentor Zhongde Wang and doctoral student Julio Landinez Aponte are studying…
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USU Evolutionary Biologist Says Study Reveals Complex Chromosomal Rearrangements in a Stick Insect
In the journal Science, Zach Gompert and colleagues show that complex chromosomal rearrangements are key drivers of…
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Pulling a Fast One: Invasive Grass Can Tweak Genetic Timing for New Ground
New research documents how nimble adaptations by cheatgrass can be.
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The World According to Mosquitoes: USU Ecologists Lead AI-Based Effort to Identify Disease Vectors
USU researchers are using machine learning to develop an efficient, cost-effective and accurate identification method…
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USU's Science Unwrapped is 'Blinded by ScEYEnce' Friday, March 21
USU researchers will discuss their innovative work on a common eye disease at the College of Science's free, family…
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Soulmates: USU Neuroscientist Awarded NSF CAREER Award to Study Coyote Pair-Bond Formation
Why do we fall in love? Why are parents so fiercely protective of their offspring? Like humans, do some animals…
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USU Undergrad Prepares to Present Genome Engineering, CRISPR Research on Utah's Capitol Hill
Human Biology major James Cisneros studies animal models with the aim of developing therapeutics for human scourges…