When a disease-causing virus or other organism is transmitted from one species to another, most of the time the infection sputters and dies out.
What Traits Matter When Predicting Disease Emergence in New Populations?
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UC Santa Cruz and The Conservation Fund Create a Transformative Collaboration to Conserve Regional Habitat and Pursue Sustainable Organic-Farm Expansion
To advance conservation, teaching, and research, UC Santa Cruz and The Conservation Fund announced today (Aug. 25) a collaboration that will conserve more than 200 acres of currently privately held land adjacent to the residential campus.
How to Generate Green Energy Using Nut Waste
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed an inexpensive device that generates enough electricity to power a calculator using only waste walnut shells and drops of water.
Surveying, GIS Tech Boost for Flinders
A significant contribution in South Australia by global technology company Trimble will build new capacity into the research and education opportunities at Flinders University.
Twenty Years Later: What Lessons Have We Learned From Hurricane Katrina?
John Mutter remembers seeing the roofs of single-story homes poking above the water level in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans.
From the Soil: Microbes on Your Mind
Flinders University experts are exploring evidence that microbes in the soil and the environments around us can affect human microbiota and the ‘gut-brain axis,’ potentially shaping emotional states and relationship dynamics – including aspects of romantic love.
