Research

The COVID-19 quarantine is not stopping The University of New Mexico students from pursuing and presenting their research. Dozens of students submitted poster and oral presentations to the online version of the 2020 Undergraduate Research Opportunity...

A solar energy company started by a professor at The University of New Mexico has received a $1.25 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) to advance one of its technologies that could add significant life...

Melanie Moses, a professor of computer science and biology at The University of New Mexico, has been awarded National Science Foundation funding to understand how human lungs...

Under the direction of Michael Devetsikiotis, chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), The University of New Mexico recently joined the IBM Q Hub at North Carolina State University as its first university member. The NC...

Successful treatment for opioid use disorder addresses the whole person. Nowhere is this approach more important than among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. Native communities have been deeply affected by the opioid crisis, and...

Researchers at The University of New Mexico in a recent study examined the effectiveness of consuming hemp oil extracted from the whole Cannabis plant using a chronic neuropathic pain animal model. In the study, researchers showed that...

Typically this time of year, large groups of students can be found putting in long hours in various lab spaces around The University of New Mexico engineering buildings. In a normal academic year, students are finishing up senior design projects, and...

The answer to a topic of debate among researchers about the anatomy of our ancient human ancestors may lie in the quirky life of a wealthy New York socialite who raised a chimpanzee named Suzy to live like a human child in the 1930s.

The UNM Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) just released its 2020 second quarter economic forecast for the state, outlining impacts of unemployment, plunging oil prices and an economy on pause. The New Mexico Economic Forecast (FOR-UNM),...

Continuing its dedication to supporting undergraduate researchers, The University Libraries recently announced the winners of the 2020 Jim and Mary Lois Hulsman Undergraduate Library Research Awards. Three recipients were selected in the Advanced...