ARCHIVE: Research News
Up one levelThis site is now an archive. Research news after mid-February 2009 can be found at: http://comm.uoregon.edu/science/research-news
A new hand -- and signs of sensory recovery
University of Oregon neuroscientist finds transplanted hand-to-brain mapping 35 years after loss of limb
Fuzziness on the road to physics' grand unification theory
University of Oregon theoretical physicists suggest a layer of particles may exist and block a merger
Climate change, human activity and wildfires
UO-led study of last 2,000 years of charcoal evidence suggests human impacts have curtailed fires in most areas
Exhibit at UO museum features artifacts from local cemetery excavation
Items found at Sacred Heart’s RiverBend campus now on display
'No time to lose' to start thinking sustainability
UO's Doppelt pens forward-looking book as a roadmap to alter thinking to meet worldwide climate challenge
Bone parts don't add up to conclusion of Palauan dwarfs
University of Oregon skeletal and dental expert Greg Nelson helps rebut recent widely publicized claims of Hobbit-like humans on Palau some 2,000 years ago
Indian scientist returning to UO roots to discuss breakthrough
Imran Siddiq to detail his discovery that could benefit genetic hardiness in future crop production
Microbes, by latitudes and altitudes, shed new light on life's diversity
Oregon biologist Jessica Green is working in the new frontier of ecological and evolutionary research
Members of consumer-driven health plans choosing less care
CDHP participants may be at risk by discontinuing meds for serious chronic conditions, University of Oregon-led studies find
Worms do calculus to find meals or avoid unpleasantness
UO researchers identify computer-like mechanism that drives neuron expression for taste and smell