Uncultured microbes—those whose characteristics have never been described because they have not yet been grown in a lab culture—could be dominating nearly all the environments on Earth except for the human body, according ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 26, 2018
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A new study could help explain the driving force behind the largest mass extinction in the history of earth, known as the End-Permian Extinction.
Earth Sciences
Aug 27, 2018
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In a perspective published in the July 20 issue of Science, Neal Stewart and his University of Tennessee coauthors explore the future of houseplants as aesthetically pleasing and functional sirens of home health.
Biotechnology
Jul 20, 2018
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108
Sometimes a good theory just needs to right materials to make it work. That's the case with recent findings by UT's physicists and their colleagues, who designed a two-dimensional magnetic system that points to the possibility ...
General Physics
Jun 7, 2018
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30
There is one ingredient that every single crop is absolutely dependent on—water.
Environment
Apr 18, 2018
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Coal mining, under current US regulations, has significantly reduced the abundance and variety of fish, invertebrates, salamanders, and other aquatic life in streams, according to a new study from the University of Tennessee, ...
Environment
Apr 18, 2018
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Bone measurement analysis indicates that the remains found on a remote island in the South Pacific were likely those of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, according to a UT researcher.
Archaeology
Mar 7, 2018
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The Society of American Foresters has granted accreditation to the wildlife and fisheries management concentration of study within the wildlife and fisheries science major in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural ...
Ecology
Feb 12, 2018
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540
It isn't often that researchers have the luxury to examine data from a long-term research project. While most research projects last from three to five years, scientists with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture ...
Environment
Feb 5, 2018
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27
What if science fiction like the Star Trek series could teach us how to better understand and engage with the real world around us?
Social Sciences
Dec 7, 2017
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