UGA researchers have developed a successful way to grow molecular wire brushes that conduct electrical charges, a first step in developing biological fuel cells that could power pacemakers, cochlear implants and prosthetic limbs. The journal Chemical Science calls the technique “a significant breakthrough for nanotechnology.” UGA chemist Jason Locklin is part of the research team.
Global warming will likely mean more unpredictable weather, scientists say, and a new study by researchers at UGA pins down, possibly for the first time, how drought conditions in an area’s fall and winter may effect tornado activity the following spring. “Our results suggest that there is a statistically significant reduction in tornado activity during a tornado season following drought the preceding fall and winter,” said Marshall Shepherd, a meteorologist and lead author of the study.
Twenty-six undergraduates at the University of Georgia are spending eight weeks this summer immersed in research projects in their fields of interests through the Honors Program’s Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities. The students, who have earned 2009 CURO summer fellowships, will be investigating various topics in disciplines such as physics, literature, psychology and veterinary medicine under the guidance of faculty in those fields.
