U of A Research and Economic Impact

Wenchao Zhou to Be Inducted Into National Academy of Inventors The associate professor of mechanical engineering has been issued six patents, four of which have been licensed.

 Congratulations to associate professor of mechanical engineering Wenchao Zhou, who was announced as a senior member in the National Academy of Inventors. @uarkansas.bsky.social #UArk
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Is Dr. AI Ready to See You Now? On the latest Short Talks from the Hill podcast, associate professor of chemical engineering Will Richardson talks about how he has been using AI to diagnose masked hypertension.

Is Dr. AI ready to see you now? In the latest Short Talks from the Hill podcast, @uarkansas.bsky.social researcher Will Richardson explores the future of AI in health care.

Kartik Balachandran to Be Inducted Into National Academy of Inventors A professor of biomedical engineering, Balachandran has contributed to four patents and has three patent applications pending.

Congratulations to Professor of biomedical engineering Kartik Balachandran, who was announced as a senior member in the National Academy of Inventors. @uarkansas.bsky.socia #Uark
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Alan Mantooth Announced as Fellow in National Academy of Inventors A Distinguished Professor of engineering, Mantooth has contributed to 12 issued patents in fields such as electronics and cybersecurity with an additional four pending.

Congratulations to Distinguished Professor of Engineering Alan Mantooth, who was announced as a Fellow in the National Academy of Inventors. @uarkansas.bsky.social #UArk
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How Did Bronze Age Plague Spread? A Sheep Might Solve the Mystery An international team of researchers, including U of A archaeologist Taylor Hermes, has found the first evidence of a Bronze Age plague infection in a non-human host. The discovery provides a missing ...

How did the Bronze Age plague spread? A researcher at @uarkansas.bsky.social found an important clue: the first example of a 5,000-year-old plague in an animal. @fulbright-college.bsky.social

Could Atoms Be Reordered to Enhance Electronic Devices? Scientists looked at how an electrical charge would move through a barrier of silicon, germanium and tin, part a quantum well. They thought the electrical charge would move more slowly, but mobility p...

Could atoms be reordered to enhance the performance of electronic devices? A surprising discovery about quantum wells by a team from @sandialabs.bsky.social , @uarkansas.bsky.social and @dartmouthcollege.bsky.social points to a promising answer.

Lead-Free Alternative Discovered for Essential Electronics Component Using chemical processes, scientists have manipulated the phase boundaries of lead-based ferroelectric materials to create higher performance and smaller devices.

Ferroelectric materials are found in everything from sonars to cell phone speakers. Most of those materials have lead, but a team that includes researchers from @uarkansas.bsky.social showed that a lead-free alternative can be promising. #UArk

Nearly One in Four Adult Arkansans Used Tobacco in Last 30 Days Linked to chronic conditions such as stroke, cancer, heart disease and respiratory illness, the use of tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death and disease in Arkansas and throughout the Unit...

Nearly 1 in 4 Arkansans used tobacco in the last 30 days. That’s well above the national average. The new findings come from the @uarkansas.bsky.social Arkansas Health Survey, which gives a detailed picture of the state’s health.

First Graphene-Based Solar Cells Used to Power Temperature Sensors Tests confirm graphene-based energy harvesters can use ambient energy to run ultra-low power sensors — the first hurdle in developing autonomous sensor systems.

New tests from a team of physicists @uarkansas.bsky.social confirm graphene-based solar cells can be used to power temperature sensors. @fulbright-college.bsky.social #UArk
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Air Force Taps U of A to Study Role of Information in Network Protection The $588,000 award from the Department of War, via the U.S. Air Force, will be used to perform a holistic study of the dynamic role of information in network protection in the face of disruption.

Industrial engineering researchers @ the U of A were awarded $588K by the Air Force to study the dynamic role of information in network protection in the face of disruption. @uarkansas.bsky.social @deptofwar.bsky.social #UArk
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2.75-Million-Year-Old Stone Tools Show Hominin Response to a Hostile Climate Tools recovered from three sedimentary layers in Kenya show continuous tool use spanning from 2.75 to 2.44 million years ago in the face of environmental changes.

An international team of researchers, including the U of A’s Amelia Villaseñor, recovered ancient tools from three sedimentary layers in Kenya showing continuous use spanning 300,000 years. @uarkansas.bsky.social @fulbright-college.bsky.social #UArk
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Smaller, Lighter Electric Motor Developed for Airplane A test flight proved that a smaller, more efficient silicon carbide-based motor drive system could replace a hybrid plane's traditional silicon-based system.

Electronic systems for planes must withstand vibrations and the shock of landing. The UA Power Group met those challenges to create a smaller, lighter silicon carbide-based system. Then they took it for a test flight. @uarkansas.bsky.social

NSF Award to Monitor Changes in Alaskan River Ecosystem The $700,000 award will be used to monitor changes in river movement and the fish population that impact the infrastructure and economy of a village in southwest Alaska.

The NSF awarded an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the U of A’s Fulbright College $700K to monitor changes in an Alaskan river ecosystem @fulbright-college.bsky.social @uarkansas.bsky.social #UArk
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NIH Awards $2 Million to Study Interactions of Genes and Environment Using fruit flies as a model species, researchers will study how individual differences in genetic background and diet can influence susceptibility to metabolic diseases.

The NIH awarded $2M to @uarkansas.bsky.social researchers to study how individual differences in the genetic backgrounds and diets of fruit flies can influence susceptibility to metabolic diseases. @fulbright-college.bsky.social @aimrc.bsky.social #UArk
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R.J. Elbin Discusses How Concussion Care Has Evolved in Latest Short Talks Elbin recently co-authored a paper examining an emerging standard of concussion care that is more targeted to the individual and appears to be producing better long-term results, which he discusses in...

R.J. Elbin discusses how concussion care has evolved and improved in latest Short Talks @uarkansas.bsky.social #UArk
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Did Mars Once Have an Ocean? New Research Suggests Yes New research from the U of A found strong evidence in Mars' geology of a former ocean in the planet's northern hemisphere.

 Did Mars once have an ocean? Researchers at @uarkansas.bsky.social found geological evidence of an ancient ocean on the red plant. @fulbright-college.bsky.social #UArk

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Discover RED: Architecture Abroad Latest Discover Red highlights the spectacular Porch exhibit at the United States Pavilion for the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, led by the Fay Jones School of ...

Latest Discover RED Video Highlights U of A Contributions to the 2025 Venice Biennale @uarkansas.bsky.social
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Pulp Mill Waste Becomes Green Solution to Remove Toxic Dyes David Chem, a chemical engineering Ph.D. candidate, has developed an environmentally friendly solution to remove azo dyes from wastewater using a common byproduct of the pulp and paper industry. A win...

A researcher from @uarkansas.bsky.social developed a new, environmentally friendly method to remove danger dyes from wastewater. #UArk

NIH Awards $1.8 Million to Study How Physical Forces Impact Cell Movements The award will allow researchers to investigate how physical forces influence the way cells move, grow, divide and respond to their surroundings, particularly in the context of diseases like cancer.

NIH awards $1.8M to @uarkansas.bsky.social researchers to investigate how physical forces influence the way cells move, grow, divide and respond to their surroundings, particularly in the context of diseases @aimrc.bsky.social
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Mind Matters: Psychology Clinic Serves Arkansans This month on Short Talks from the Hill, Jessica Fugitt, director of the Psychology Clinic, discusses the mental health care needs of Arkansas and the work of the clinic, which provides high-quality, ...

In the latest “Short Talks from the Hill” podcast, learn how the Psychology Clinic at the @uarkansas.bsky.social provides high-quality, affordable care. @fulbright-college.bsky.social #UArk

Life Success Reimagined A Sam M. Walton College of Business researcher charted the mix of personality traits that are associated with various positive outcomes in life, from leadership to contentment.

Want to know how you might succeed in life? A Walton College researcher found the personality traits that lead to a range of successes in life, from leadership to contentment. @uarkansas.bsky.social #UArk

Chemical Engineering Professor Receives Prestigious CAREER Award Karthik Nayani hopes to unravel DNA’s role in organizing the structure of cells and create a new method for rapidly detecting DNA.

Chemical engineering professor Karthik Nayani received a prestigious CAREER award from the NSF to understand how DNA organizes the structure of cells. @uarkansas.bsky.social‬
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ARA Awards University $1.8 Million to Expand Economic Development Efforts The Arkansas Research Alliance award is part of a larger grant to grow the state's research capacity, speed commercialization and expand STEM career pathways.

Arkansas Research Alliance awards ‪@uarkansas.bsky.social‬ $1.8 to expand economic developments efforts.
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After a Data Breach, How Should Companies Respond? Research from the Sam M. Walton College of Business shows which strategies are effective and which measures are expensive but have little impact.

 After a data breach, how can companies repair their reputation with both customers and investors? New research from Walton College found what works – and what isn’t worth the money. @uarkansas.bsky.social #UArk

Liquid Crystal COVID-19 Test Would Be Fast, Cheap and Accurate The new test can detect even a low concentration of the virus in about two minutes and may also detect identify pathogens as yet unknown.

Researchers at @uarkansas.bsky.social‬ found a fast, inexpensive and accurate new way to detect COVID-19 using liquid crystals, the same technology in our televisions and screens. #UArk

Discovery Confirms Early Species of Hominins Co-Existed in Ethiopia New findings document the geological age, context and anatomy of hominin fossils discovered at the Ledi-Geraru Research Project, Ethiopia.

New paper co-authored by U of A researcher Lucas Delezene confirms early species of Hominins co-existed in Ethiopia 2.6 million years ago @nature.com‬ #UArk
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University of Arkansas Refines Controlled Release Systems for Drug Delivery The new approach can better target drugs and other bioactive compounds used to improve human and animal health.

Controlled release systems deliver medication precisely inside the body. Innovations by ‪@uarkansas.bsky.social‬ researchers could improve these systems, boosting human and animal health. #UArk

Robot Hand Could Harvest Blackberries Better Than Humans The soft robotic gripper developed at the U of A received a U.S. patent.

Delicate fresh-market blackberries are picked by hand, but labor for harvesting can be hard to find. A robotic gripper from ‪@uarkansas.bsky.social‬ could be the answer. The device received a U.S. patent. #UArk

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Paper Examines Role of Seasonal Frost in Brine Formation on Mars Frost-covered regions present the best candidates for the future habitability of Mars and further astrobiological exploration, research into brines shows.

New paper by Vincent Chevrier makes the best case yet for the existence of brines on Mars, a crucial precondition for Martian habitability @uarkansas.bsky.social #UArk
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Targeted Concussion Care Improves Quality of Life Over Longer Term New study finds majority of patients receiving targeted concussion treatment reported still being recovered and exhibited normal quality of life scores 1-6 years after injury.

New study by researchers from the U of A finds that targeted concussion care improves quality of life over the longer term @uarkansas.bsky.social‬ #UArk
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