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Two faculty members are being honored for their outstanding performance with Research and Creative Works Leadership Awards. In October, The University of New Mexico's Office of the Provost recognized two faculty members including Meeko Oishi in the...

One can tell a lot from the composition of the gasses coming from active volcanoes about what is happening deep beneath. It is even possible to predict when an active volcano will erupt causing widespread damage, yet gathering this critical data can be...

When you turn on your kitchen faucet, do you know where your water comes from? Kerry Howe does, and he can tell you where it was before it got there and where it goes after disappearing down your drain. He is the director of the UNM Center for Water and...

A group of researchers from The University of New Mexico Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, led by Distinguished Professor Hua Guo, have teamed up with colleagues from Texas A&M University to understand more about the photochemistry of Earth’s...

The University of New Mexico Office of the Vice President for Research hosts its 65th Annual Research Lecture recognizing Kerry Howe on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 5:30 p.m. via Zoom. This award is one of the highest honors the University bestows on its...

An international team of scientists recently measured the spectrum of the atmosphere of a rare hot Neptune exoplanet, whose discovery by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) was announced just last month.   The discovery was made with...

A new collaborative research project led by The University of New Mexico seeks to answer some of the compelling questions surrounding a range of materials, including those for quantum and energy applications. The three-year project, titled...

Old friends get together to relax, share meals, and trust and support each other. In the latter part of life, these friendships are highly valued. Recent research shows this happens in chimpanzees as well as humans. Chimpanzee and human friendships...

As the COVID-19 virus continues to spread around the globe, studying aerosol and droplet transport within different environments can help establish effective, physics-informed measures for virus mitigation. One of the most important environments to gain...

Many people believe that Ancestral Pueblo diets were almost solely dominated by run-of-the-mill foods like maize and rabbits. But archaeologists are turning that stereotype around. In early archaeological sites in the Middle Rio Grande basin of central...