John Glenn's upcoming space flight at age 77 not only will yield valuable information about aging but may inspire some older adults to begin a fitness program, says am exercise physiologist at the University of Kansas.
For more than a century, scientists have thought that the blue feathers of a bluebird look blue for the same reason that the sky does. Now, a University of Kansas scientist and his colleagues say that's not so. They have found that bluebird feathers look blue for the same reason that oil slicks do.
G. Denise Lance has spent her 30 years showing everyone around her what is possible -- including typing term papers with her toes, managing Web sites and earning a Ph.D. in special education at the University of Kansas. Denise has cerebral palsy.
Many urban Kansans arrange their vacations around the wheat harvest so that they can help on a family's or friend's farm. A handful of University of Kansas faculty and staff members with roots entrenched in farming return to homesteads each summer to help in the fields.
A solvent used in the food-processing trade is expected to help the pharmaceutical industry replace environmentally unfriendly and expensive solvents in the manufacture of drugs. By using supercritical carbon dioxide, or CO2, in the pharmaceutical process, researchers at the University of Kansas have successfully replaced some chemical solvents.
LAWRENCE -- Another match has been set in a long-running academic debate about whether birds descended from dinosaurs. At issue, said Larry Dean Martin, curator of paleontology at the University of Kansas Natural History Museum, is whether these dinosaurs had feathers.
The universe, like the Earth, may have its own axis, according to observational data collected by researchers at the University of Kansas and University of Rochester in New York. The research brings into question Albert Einstein's "Theory of Relativity," which is based on assumptions of a centerless, directionless universe, as well as upon the constancy of the speed of light.
Tens of millions of monarch butterflies will stampede through Kansas in September, and a researcher at the University of Kansas is ready for the show.
Men who donate blood may reduce their risk of heart disease by up to 30 percent, according to a study led by David Meyers, M.D., professor of internal medicine and preventive medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center. The study is published in the August issue of the journal Heart.
An antioxidant found in green tea is at least 100 times more effective than vitamin C and 25 times better than vitamin E at protecting cells and their genetic material, DNA, from damage believed to be linked to cancer, heart disease and other potentially life-threatening illnesses, University of Kansas research shows.The antioxidant, known as epigallocatechin gallate, or EGCG, carries twice the antioxidant punch of resveratrol, found in red wine, according to the study.
Two University of Kansas researchers have shown that Taxol, already proven effective in fighting ovarian and breast cancer, may someday also help in the battle against Alzheimer's disease. In laboratory studies, the two KU scientists have used taxol to slow the damage done to brain cells by the poisonous protein fibers that cause Alzheimer's.
People who have Parkinson's disease may someday find themselves undergoing a mental training regimen that helps them respond better to the drugs they take and to avoid surgery. Studies by researchers at the University of Kansas hint that exercising your brain every day might be just as important as 20 minutes of physical exercise.
According to a study of 34 public fitness centers in the Kansas City metropolitan area, no facilities are completely accessible for people who use wheelchairs. This is the only study published on the compliance of fitness centers to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA).
By delivering medicines to specific areas of the human body, peptides are expected to be a link for dramatic breakthroughs in the treatment of many diseases and illnesses, including Alzheimer's disease and HIV-related illnesses. Researchers at the University of Kansas are leaders in the fields of peptide and peptidomimetics research, a field that is growing in importance. (Story tip package from KU)
University of Kansas anthropologist uses DNA studies, archaeological and linguistic evidence to support theories on origins of Native Americans and to review medical and evolutionary costs of mixing of populations.
Using historical records and modern medical knowledge, a University of Kansas doctor is diagnosing what really killed Britain's House of Stuart 300 years ago
A study developed at the University of Kansas indicates that cooperative housing units are a satisfying alternative to nursing homes for senior citizens in the Midwest. In fact, an overwhelming majority of respondents to a survey indicated that living in a rural senior housing cooperative had a positive effect on their overall happiness.
Two University of Kansas researchers have learned that by sharing their homes with younger people who pay rent or help with chores, many senior citizens have found a promising alternative to moving into a nursing home or moving in with a relative.
A University of Kansas economics professor and associate director of KU's Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, is currently in Moscow and is available to discuss Russia's economy on a first-hand basis.
Lower oil prices may be good news for gasoline buyers, but they're taking a toll on Kansas petroleum producers, according to geologists at the Kansas Geological Survey, based at the University of Kansas. And things don't promise to change anytime soon. Oil prices in the state have plummeted since last spring, dropping from around $20 per barrel to around $10 for Kansas crude. The drop, researchers say, is yet more fallout from the rest of the world's economic problems.
University of Kansas communications researcher says John Glenn's space flight at age 77 pushes the stereotype envelope for older adults. "One stereotype of older people is that they can't learn new things. Glenn is saying it is not as easy as it was at age 30, but 'I can do it and I'm enjoying it."
An improvement on a World War II-vintage synthetic fuel by University of Kansas researchers has led to the development of a cost effective synthetic diesel fuel with exceptional performance.
Feed a cold and starve a fever? Or is it the other way around? Actually, you should drown both of them, said Jeremy Matchett, pharmacy professor and associate dean of the school of pharmacy at the University of Kansas.
Ever found yourself buying more in the store than you intended to? You can blame the music. Did you know that a Christmas card might say more about you than you intend? Here are some story ideas for the Holiday season from the University of Kansas.
Superwinds a hundred million light years long have helped to sculpture the universe, astrophysicists from the University of Kansas announced today. New evidence suggests that the winds follow the long axes of what astrophysicists call superclusters,
Pluto will remain a planet, and some folks in Kansas are relieved. The discoverer, Clyde Tombaugh, has some Kansas connections, including a stay at the University of Kansas, where an observatory is named after him.
The best solution to the Y2K problem is snarled in a web of human organizational behaviors, says Allan Hanson, cultural anthropologist at the University of Kansas. Hanson argues that the Y2K solution requires a maximum flow of information. Cooperation, not competition, is needed to find solutions for this complicated problem.
The discovery of two complete fossils of saber-toothed cats in central Florida will force paleontologists to rewrite the textbooks on the extinct animal, says a noted researcher at the University of Kansas.
Plan to attend an international symposium on the recent advances in research into the molecular biology of aging co-sponsored by the University of Kansas. The "New Biology of Aging" symposium will bring together nationally and internationally known researchers at Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas lawmakers are currently examining a proposal that could make Kansas the only state in the country where consumers could not buy more than two packages of over-the-counter cold and flu medicines at a time. Experts with the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy are available to discuss this issue.
The University of Kansas will sponsor a conference Sept. 9, 10 and 11 titled "NATO: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow," to examine the role of the alliance during the Cold War, its adaptation to the present and its future role.
Parents who want to send their sons or daughters to a university can give their children, years ahead of time, a gift that's likely to help them succeed, says Rick Snyder, director of the University of Kansas clinical psychology program. Parents can give their children "hope."
Fieldwork by a University of Kansas ornithologist continues to reveal the extent of biological diversity of the New World tropics -- even as deforestation poses a mounting threat to the survival of many species -- with the discovery of a new species of pygmy-owl.
The parents of an autistic child tried a new approach, called Positive Behavioral Support, and recognized in 1997 as state-of-the-art in dealing with children with behavior proglems. The findings will be presented at an autism conference from July 6 to 10 in Kansas City, Mo.
Lawrence, Kan. -- Historians know that during the battle of Mine Creek, more than 300 Confederate soldiers were killed, many buried where they fell in unmarked graves. The curator of the battlefield site near Pleasanton, Kan., about 50 miles south of Olathe, is hoping that with some help from researchers and their sophisticated equipment at the University of Kansas, he'll learn more about the 1864 battle.
For the second time this year, NATO advisers, international business executives, military officials, congressional representatives and scholars will gather in the Kansas City area Sept. 9 to 11.
The first man in the job as president of the United States was a man of vanity, disappointment and longing, noted biographer Richard Norton Smith says.
Shortly after the state's Board of Education voted to downplay the teaching of evolution, noted evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould will speak at KU on Oct. 6.
Symposium to highlight new research into preventing obesity, incuding studies at Kansas U. on aerobic exercise, weight lifting and the effectiveness of some drugs, such as Xenacal and Meridia.
English-born prof at U. of Kansas trained actors to give Ang Lee's Civil War era movie, "Ride With The Devil," authentic sounds. Now he has a dialect web site.
1- Quantrill's Raid artifacts, 2- first-person accounts of raid, 3- quilter who helped make movie authentic, 4- research by author, 5- pix.
Univ. of Kansas' journalism school unveils convergent curriculum that capitalizes on technological advances like the Internet while maintaining strong editing, writing.
Sexuality is a common undercurrent that shapes a host of social phenomena such as white flight to the suburbs and ethnic and nationalist conflicts around the world, says a University of Kansas professor of sociology who is writing a book on "forbidden frontiers."
A type of fuel additive made from soybeans could help reduce energy costs and dependence on imported crude oil, report University of Kansas chemical engineering researchers.
Whether public schools teach sex education or not, history shows it neither prevents nor promotes sex for teens, says a University of Kansas assistant professor of history.
A senior curator at the Natural History Museum at the University of Kansas says Longisquama insignis, not dinosaurs, was among birds' first ancestors; a KU paleontologist insists Longisquama will not change his belief that birds evolved from dinosaurs.
American Indian leaders of political activist movements from the 1960s to the present will gather for a meeting Sept. 14-16 at two universities in Lawrence to discuss American Indian leadership and tribal politics.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry praises the author of the first biography of John Wesley Powell in 50 years as the only new Western historian whose books he wanted to read more than once. Donald Worster's biography is a great saga about a most impressive American.
The University Press of Kansas, noted for its books on America's presidents, offers several administrative histories on the three of the four presidents who won the Electoral College but not the popular vote. Two such presidents were also sons of previous presidents.
Scientists are examining ways to encourage farmers to store carbon in their soil as a means of offsetting the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.
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