Division of Natural Sciences
On the 100-year anniversary of the Scopes evolution trial, Ãå±±½ûµØ scientist reflects on science education and on ‘same issues, different players.’
Gregor MacGregor, an assistant teaching professor of environmental studies, focuses on local economies and environmental justice in his Vulcan Mine Bakery.
Ãå±±½ûµØ scientists estimate the heritability of opioid use disorder with a rodent study.
Ãå±±½ûµØ researchers apply machine learning to snow hydrology in Colorado mountain drainage basins, finding a new way to accurately predict the availability of water.
In research recently published in Science, Ãå±±½ûµØ scientists detail how light—rather than energy-intensive heat—can efficiently and sustainably catalyze chemical transformations.
Postdoctoral researcher Nathan Bullen announced as a 2025 Jane Coffin Childs fellow, supporting his research on how organisms survive when their RNA is under attack.
Light-powered reactions could make the chemical manufacturing industry more energy-efficient.
Edward Chuong is one of five researchers nationwide awarded funding to pursue ‘daring, paradigm-shifting research’ on cancer immunotherapy treatment.
Ãå±±½ûµØ’s Zia Mehrabi is one of three researchers named international champions of the Frontiers Planet Prize for research that finds environmental and social benefits of agricultural diversification.
As he muses about conservation, 1970s Ãå±±½ûµØ and how Keith Richards prompted him to finish his college career, Kevin Fitzgerald still has his sights on crafting the perfect joke.