Yujie Men, assistant professor of chemical and environmental engineering, is trying to learn how microbes could help break down PFAS - environmental contaminants that are difficult to degrade.
Psychology Professor Sonja Lyubormirsky’s study on happiness shows the U.S. with larger gaps in rankings between rich and poor than most other wealthy countries.
Sociologist Ellen Reese says more and more workers are joining the ranks of the underpaid who have no path to stable employment. To make gains, she says they will need to organize.
Education professor Tara Yosso says the pandemic could usher in an increased appreciation for students with strengths from dealing with an untenable set of challenges.
Anthropology professor Kenichiro Tsukamoto helped uncover the 1,300-year-old remains of a Maya diplomat near the border of Belize and Guatemala, and was surprised by what he learned from them.
Doug Yanega, Entomology Research Museum Senior Scientist, says it's better to create conditions in your garden that will attract beneficial bugs, rather than buying bugs directly.
Kenichiro Tsukamoto, an assistant professor of anthropology, talks about insights from the remains of a Mayan man, buried 1,300 years ago, who helped forge an alliance between two powerful dynasties.
Study by psychologists Angela Legg and Kate Sweeny shows that givers of bad news usually prefer to start with positivity and follow it up with the tough stuff. However, receivers of news would rather receive bad information first.