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Ants have four to five times more odor receptors than most other insects, a team of researchers have discovered. Read More

This Week on VUCast: How engineering students are driving the next big idea for the U.S. military. Why is Ģ����Ƶ seeing green? See how Ģ����Ƶ is getting fans pumped up to Anchor Down! [vucastblurb]… Read More

The effects of climate change will have widespread impact on the state, but there are opportunities to offset it by incorporating “climate-friendly” and “climate-resilient” actions into routine management decisions, say scientists from Ģ����Ƶ and other major Tennessee research institutions in a new report. Read More

The latest political ad to be rated by the Ģ����Ƶ/YouGov Ad Rating Project shows former president Bill Clinton doing a better job of rallying Democratic voters to re-elect President Obama than the president himself. Read More

There is insufficient evidence to support findings, good or bad, for therapies currently used in adolescents and young adults with autism. Read More

Stevenson Professor of Chemistry Ned Porter is the recipient of the James Flack Norris Award for Physical Organic Chemistry for 2013, the American Chemical Society has announced. Read More

Biophysicist Erin Rericha spent 12 days in Shanghai this summer demonstrating inexpensive methods for studying cell migration to graduate students and young faculty members from developing countries as part of an annual meeting organized by The Hands-on Research in Complex Systems School. Read More

This Week on VUCast, Ģ����Ƶ’s online newscast: Moving on Up! Carry some boxes with the class of 2016! Big Dig! A special look at the latest building progress Why is Ģ����Ƶ so happy? [vucastblurb]… Read More

One of Mitt Romney’s latest campaign commercials against President Barack Obama seems to be hitting a nerve among independent voters, data from the Ģ����Ƶ/YouGov Ad Rating Project shows. Read More

Setting a goal—and sticking to it—can be difficult for anyone. A new study co-authored by Ģ����Ƶ management and sociology professor Bruce Barry examines how certain types of professionals sustain their motivation and enthusiasm over very long periods. Read More

Ģ����Ƶ’s Stella Flores was one of 21 researchers nationwide who developed an amicus brief summarizing key research on affirmative action in anticipation of the case, Fisher v. University of Texas, scheduled to go before the U.S. Supreme Court in October. Read More

An electrical engineer who is attempting to make wireless communications more reliable, an astronomer who studies the evolution of the cosmos by creating large numbers of virtual universes and a geologist who is studying the origins of super-eruptions have received the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development awards. Read More

Education experts from Ģ����Ƶ’s Peabody College of education and human development are available to speak about merit pay, No Child Left Behind, school choice, immigration, pre-K, reading, gifted education, financial aid, ESL, bullying and more. Read More

Public education is fundamental to the aims of promoting democracy, social efficiency, and social mobility, writes Claire Smrekar, associate professor of leadership, policy and organizations at Peabody.

Positive ads from President Obama won't get the job done of defeating challenger Mitt Romney in the presidential race, data from the Ģ����Ƶ/YouGov Ad Rating Project continues to suggest. Read More

In order to protect the investment of the corporations sponsoring the Olympic Games, the IOC has created Rule 40 which prohibits athletes from promoting non-sponsor brands while the Olympic Village is open. Read More

Archaeological sites that currently take years to map will be completed in minutes if tests of the Semi-autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle system being developed at Ģ����Ƶ go well. Read More

Nearly a third of American voters finds a new ‘positive’ ad by President Obama contrasting his approach to the economy with that of Mitt Romney to be 'disgusting.' Read More

Voter reaction to campaign advertisements by the presidential candidates will be evaluated this fall through a partnership between Ģ����Ƶ and YouGov, a prominent research firm. Read More

New and proposed federal energy-efficient standards for automobiles, clothes dryers, air conditioners and light bulbs make unfair assumptions about the rationality of consumers, said researchers from Ģ����Ƶ and the Brookings Institution. Read More