Research

Researchers from The University of New Mexico have discovered a connection that has implications in the area of optimal control theory. The results are detailed in “Controlling network ensembles,” authored by Isaac Klickstein and Francesco Sorrentino,...

Right now, 99.7 percent of New Mexico is in a severe drought, 82.2 percent is in extreme drought and 53.4 percent is facing exceptional drought – all of which create considerable strain on local communities, agricultural efforts and wildlife. In the...

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has significantly reduced the number of people willing to fly due to safety concerns, and to ease fears, some airlines have opted to leave middle seats open to increase the amount of space for social distancing. But the...

A University of New Mexico Biology professor and second year Ph.D. student are part of a team of scientists have examined the immune system of an unusual group of mammals, which includes a small South American opossum, to find solutions that evolution...

Every society has some degree of wealth inequality  ̶  over history, across continents, there always seem to be some people who have more than others. But the amount of inequality differs  ̶  in some civilizations, a few powerful people have nearly all...

There are more than 300,000 enrolled tribal members of the Navajo Nation – the second most populous tribe in the nation, according to 2010 Census Bureau data. When Uranium mining surged in the U.S. in the 1940s, mining activities in New Mexico centered...

The 61st Annual Central New Mexico STEM Research Challenge will be held virtually March 22-27. Nearly 200 4th through 12th-grade students will exhibit their research projects and compete virtually for the chance to move forward to the New Mexico State...

Dr. Mary Jo Daniel was officially appointed recently to the position of UNM Associate Vice President for Research (VPR) by Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway. Daniel was appointed last fall as Interim Associate VPR...

Life on earth is so diverse, in large part because individual species are restricted to particular areas. If populations were to expand unfettered across continents, communities everywhere would contain the same species. But they don’t. Why communities...

Experts and parents alike have long debated whether human boys and girls tend to be more or less physically aggressive because of nature or nurture. New research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on young chimpanzees indicates...