UC biology prof traces his roots to the first Earth Day

UC biology prof traces his roots to the first Earth Day

George Uetz is passionate about spiders and the environment.

George Uetz, professor of biological sciences in the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences, was a Master's student in the Department of Entomology and Applied Ecology at the University of Delaware in Newark. That wasn’t his only passion.

To a fault: the bottom line on earthquakes

To a fault: the bottom line on earthquakes

Although many people think that California “owns” all the earthquakes, Ohio also has its share of faults. Unlike another earthquake that woke people on another April 18, 102 years ago, this quake was fairly mild.

Attila Kilinc shares his seismic extensive experience with three doctoral geology students. (Photo by Lisa Ventre)

'Crime Scene Investigation' methods could help in the battle against hospital infections

A stem cell type supposed to be crucial for angiogenesis and cancer growth does not exist?

Potential viral therapy weapon for difficult cancers is safe and effective in study

CINCINNATI – Combining a herpes virus genetically altered to express a drug-enhancing enzyme with a chemotherapy drug effectively and safely reduced the size of highly malignant human sarcoma grafted into mice. This new finding may add to the growing arsenal of so called oncolytic viruses under development as novel cancer treatments, especially for difficult, inoperable tumors, according to a research led by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and published April 24 in Molecular Therapy.

Women 80 and older benefit from mammography, but few are screened

AMS April science highlights

Flood Fatalities in the United States

Herbicide-tolerant crops can improve water quality

Mass. General study shows how exercise changes structure and function of heart

For the first time researchers are beginning to understand exactly how various forms of exercise impact the heart. Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators, in collaboration with the Harvard University Health Services, have found that 90 days of vigorous athletic training produces significant changes in cardiac structure and function and that the type of change varies with the type of exercise performed. Their study appears in the April Journal of Applied Physiology.

The 1930s semi goes green

Three million of them were built; they stimulated a boom in employment and turned a nation of shop keepers into a nation of home owners.

The 1930s semi is an icon of its age but 80 years on it is about to undergo a green revolution.