Released: 29-Jun-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Sonar Imaging Device Developed to Protect Whales
University of Rhode Island

To reduce the number of whale collisions and protect the northern right whale from extinction, a URI Ocean Engineering professor has developed a sonar imaging device that will serve as an aid to navigation to help ships steer clear of whales.

Released: 1-Jul-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Devices Detect Salmonella, E. Coli, Other Bacteria
University of Rhode Island

Detection of pathogens like Salmonella and E. coli. is getting easier, thanks to new biosensors developed by University of Rhode Island researchers. The biosensors use fiber optic technology to detect and quantify bacteria levels.

Released: 19-Jul-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Accuracy of Hurricane Intensity Predictions to Improve
University of Rhode Island

A new coupled hurricane-ocean prediction computer model developed by URI scientists has become an official component of the national hurricane prediction system used to forecast Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico storms and hurricanes.

Released: 8-Aug-2000 12:00 AM EDT
World's Fastest Camera, Studying How Things Break Apart
University of Rhode Island

With the ability to take pictures at a speed of 200 million frames per second, a new high-speed camera is being used by one URI professor to help the military and other industries study how things break apart.

Released: 9-Aug-2000 12:00 AM EDT
FDA Approves Petition for Egg Irradiation
University of Rhode Island

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the irradiation of eggs to kill salmonella. The ruling went into effect on July 21, 2000, at the urging of a University of Rhode Island adjunct professor. To date, 40 countries, including the U.S., have approved the use of radiation at specific doses to process particular foods.

Released: 6-Sep-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Researcher Deciphers How Lead Affects Brain
University of Rhode Island

A URI researcher has deciphered the physiological effects of lead on growing brain cells. Low levels of lead disrupt the timing of the interactions between gene products, causing these interactions to occur in an uncoordinated manner and resulting in a "less than optimally wired" brain.

Released: 14-Sep-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Fabric-Dyeing Techniques Applied to Artificial Arteries
University of Rhode Island

Textiles professor at URI works with a vascular surgery research team to develop materials to fight clots, infection, and poor cellular attachment for small-diameter arteries.

Released: 27-Oct-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Livelier Balls in Major League Baseball
University of Rhode Island

A team of University of Rhode Island scientists has found that the cores of Major League baseballs from 1995 and 2000 bounce higher than ones from 1960s and 1970s and that they contain materials that could make them livelier.

   
Released: 8-Dec-2000 12:00 AM EST
High Levels of Nuclear Contamination in the Russian Arctic
University of Rhode Island

A team of scientists has found some of the highest levels of radioactive plutonium ever measured in the marine environment in the sediments of Chernaya Bay. Investigations into how radioactivity is transported through waterways reveal dangerously high levels of radioactive elements that could affect the waters off of North America.

Released: 16-Feb-2001 12:00 AM EST
Increased Shellfish Aquaculture Can Clean Waterways
University of Rhode Island

As regulators and government agencies seek ways to clean local coastal waters, a University of Rhode Island researcher demonstrates the value of using a natural cleaning system that provides economic benefits at the same time: shellfish aquaculture.

Released: 20-Feb-2001 12:00 AM EST
Scientist Seeks Anti-Cancer Drugs in the Sea
University of Rhode Island

While most efforts to discover new anti-cancer drugs focus on chemical compounds found in terrestrial plants, a University of Rhode Island researcher has pioneered the search for potential anti-cancer agents in the oceans.

Released: 10-Mar-2001 12:00 AM EST
Planetary Waves, Role in Plankton Production
University of Rhode Island

Three University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography scientists have discovered that planetary waves traveling thousands of miles have a significant impact on the abundance of phytoplankton in the upper ocean, and may play a role in predicting global warming. (Nature)

Released: 21-Mar-2001 12:00 AM EST
The Muscle Behind Blue Mussels
University of Rhode Island

Blue mussels cling to life by a thread, and a URI professor is investigating the strength of those threads in the face of violent storms and increasingly stronger waves caused by global warming.

Released: 6-Apr-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Search for Sub-Surface Life on Other Planets
University of Rhode Island

Oceanographers have been awarded a grant to examine the deep biosphere of the Earth and the "extremophile" communities that thrive there as part of a grant from NASA's Astrobiology Institute. Research will aid the search for sub-surface life on other planets through exploration and documentation of such life on Earth.

Released: 6-Apr-2001 12:00 AM EDT
University of Rhode Island goes Smokefree
University of Rhode Island

New Smokefree initiative at the University of Rhode Island prohibits smoking in residence halls, complements no-smoking policy in all campus buildings, and takes steps to help students, faculty, staff kick the habit.

Released: 20-Apr-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Researcher Reveals How Sharks Eat
University of Rhode Island

A shark researcher at the University of Rhode Island looks into the jaws of a shark to reveal how they eat. She also refutes the old theory that sharks swim like airplanes fly.

Released: 28-Apr-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Surveying National Park Mosquitos for West Nile Virus
University of Rhode Island

Two URI entomologists will spend the summer tracking mosquitos from Richmond National Battlefield Park in Virginia to Acadia National Park in Maine as part of a plan by the National Park Service to protect park visitors from West Nile Virus.

Released: 2-May-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Golfers Beware! Deer Ticks Lurking in the Rough
University of Rhode Island

Recent research by a URI tick expert reveals that golfers face a high risk of attracting Lyme disease from deer ticks living on the edge of the woods in and around golf courses.

Released: 9-Jun-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Civil Rights Activist to Lead Children on Freedom Ride
University of Rhode Island

Civil Rights activist Bernard LaFayette will retrace the steps that altered American history accompanied by 27 fifth grade R.I. children. The group will visit civil rights sites and relive "Bloody Sunday" with a march on U.S. Route 80 across the Edmond Pettus Bridge in Selma.

Released: 20-Jul-2001 12:00 AM EDT
New System for Removing Contaminants from Roadway Run-Off Developed
University of Rhode Island

A University of Rhode Island researcher is using shredded wood in a new system for filtering out contaminants from storm water that runs off roadways.

Released: 7-Sep-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Researchers Develop Monitoring System for Roads, Waterways
University of Rhode Island

A team of ocean engineers has developed an environmental monitoring and forecasting system that provides information about conditions on highways and waterways.

Released: 2-Oct-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Experts Available for Terrorism Follow-Up Stories
University of Rhode Island

The following University of Rhode Island faculty and staff members are available to provide insight on a variety of topics related to the ongoing activities following the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Released: 4-Jan-2002 12:00 AM EST
New Technology Developed for Cleaning Up Hazardous Waste
University of Rhode Island

A researcher at the University of Rhode Island has developed an innovative system to quickly and economically remove a wide range of hazardous materials from the soil and groundwater. The system will be field tested at a military site in Virginia this spring.

Released: 1-Feb-2002 12:00 AM EST
Tsunami Researcher Makes Big Splash with Landslide Model
University of Rhode Island

Using a 30-meter wave tank to simulate landslides caused by underwater earthquakes, a URI researcher is creating a model to better predict how tsunamis form and move across the oceans.

Released: 27-Feb-2002 12:00 AM EST
Obesity Growing Threat to World Health
University of Rhode Island

The world is round and so are a growing number of its inhabitants. In fact, obesity is spreading at an alarming rate, not just in industrialized countries but in developing countries, where obesity often sits next to malnutrition.

Released: 5-Mar-2002 12:00 AM EST
Fighting the Spread of Sudden Oak Death
University of Rhode Island

To stop the spread of an exotic fungus that is killing oak trees in northern California, a University of Rhode Island plant pathologist has been tapped to study the newly-discovered pathogen -- called sudden oak death -- to better understand how it works.

Released: 9-Apr-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Tick Saliva Genes Key to Lyme Disease Vaccine
University of Rhode Island

The proteins in deer tick saliva may be the key to developing a new vaccine for preventing Lyme disease and other tick-transmitted infections by protecting hosts against blood-feeding ticks. The National Institutes of Health recently awarded two University of Rhode Island researchers $2.3M to screen for the most promising tick salivary genes.

Released: 9-Apr-2002 12:00 AM EDT
U.S. Nonviolence Leader to Lead Walk in Embattled Colombia
University of Rhode Island

In response to recent violence in Caicedo, Colombia, a nonviolence leader who has taught nonviolence methods in that country for the past three years will lead a four-day, 120 mile walk from Medellin to Caicedo beginning April 17.

Released: 30-Apr-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Titanic Discoverer Robert Ballard Joins URI Faculty
University of Rhode Island

Marine scientist and explorer Robert Ballard, who discovered the resting place of the Titanic, has been appointed to the faculty at the University of Rhode Island's internationally acclaimed Graduate School of Oceanography.

Released: 7-May-2002 12:00 AM EDT
URI's first Rhodes Scholar to give Commencement Address
University of Rhode Island

University of Rhode Island President Robert L. Carothers has announced that URI's first Rhodes Scholar, Rachel Walshe, will be the speaker at this year's undergraduate commencement. Commencement will be held Sunday, May 19.

Released: 11-Jun-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Cell Phone Use in Cars Causes Tunnel Vision
University of Rhode Island

Preliminary results of a University of Rhode Island analysis of the eye-movements of automobile drivers using cell phones found that the drivers have a reduced field of view -- tunnel vision.

Released: 20-Jun-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Play Your Way Into Better Shape
University of Rhode Island

To help others embrace a mind-body holistic approach to life, a University of Rhode Island professor has authored Creative Fitness, published by Auburn House in May. The emphasis is on the importance of self-understanding to create lifelong enjoyable exercise and eating patterns.

Released: 20-Jun-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Japanese Scientific Society Awards Gold Medal to First Non-Japanese Scientist
University of Rhode Island

A University of Rhode Island professor was recently awarded a gold medal by the Japan Society of Sericultural Science for her research on the genetics of silkworms. It's the society's highest honor and has never before been awarded to a woman or to a non-Japanese scientist.

Released: 22-Jun-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Rhode Island Philanthropist Hungry to Make a Difference
University of Rhode Island

His name isn't Rockefeller, Carnegie or Trump, yet Rhode Island philanthropist Alan Shawn Feinstein is a multi-millionaire without all the trappings. His beneficiaries are the citizens of Rhode Island and hungry people everywhere.

Released: 28-Jun-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Microelectronic Device Developed to Monitor Salmon During Ocean Migration
University of Rhode Island

A URI researcher has developed a microelectronic chip that could play a key role in collecting data about the habitat salmon prefer during their two- to three-year ocean migration. The device was developed because of concerns that salmon mortality rates appear to be linked to increasing ocean temperatures caused by global warming.

Released: 3-Jul-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Aquaculture Industry Must Embrace Environmental Ideology to Grow
University of Rhode Island

The aquaculture industry in the United States and around the world will never grow to its full potential unless it radically reforms its practices and produces positive impacts on the environment and society. That's the premise of a landmark new book by Barry Costa-Pierce.

Released: 6-Aug-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Heat-Sensitive Materials Change Color When Hot
University of Rhode Island

Imagine a fire door that changes color when hot, football jerseys that can tell when a player is overheating, road signs that change color indicating icy road conditions, and food packaging stamps that disappear when products have been kept at room temperature for too long. URI researchers are making these products a reality.

Released: 2-Oct-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Click on Feinstein Website to Help Fight Hunger
University of Rhode Island

Want to help fight hunger but low on funds? The University of Rhode Island's Alan Shawn Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America suggests a cost-free, simple way to help those in need.

Released: 2-Oct-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Helping to Meet the Need for Minority Organ, Tissue Donors
University of Rhode Island

As part of a national effort to increase organ and tissue donations in the African-American and other minority communities where the need for organs outpaces donations, researchers from the University of Rhode Island are on the road this fall.

Released: 25-Oct-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Freshmen to Launch Bike Sharing Program on Campus
University of Rhode Island

University of Rhode Island students needing a quick and easy way to get across campus will soon have a fleet of bicycles at their disposal that they can use for free, thanks to an innovative bike sharing program being planned by a group of freshmen.

Released: 25-Oct-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Geologist Tracks "Cosmic Dust" with Help of Local Teachers
University of Rhode Island

With the help of local middle and high school teachers, a URI geologist is tracking and collecting cosmic dust particles and other materials that travel around the globe on Earth's weather patterns.

Released: 3-Dec-2002 12:00 AM EST
Geophysicist Develops Method for Finding Underground Contaminants
University of Rhode Island

A URI geophysicist has devised a cost-effective, new method for finding underground contaminants that will reduce drilling and digging beneath the surface.

Released: 12-Dec-2002 12:00 AM EST
Study Helps Home Care Agencies Ease Suffering
University of Rhode Island

Home care agencies that use research-based pain management standards help patients at home feel better and their family caregivers feel less burdened.

Released: 7-Jan-2003 12:00 AM EST
Experimenting with Emerging Economic Markets
University of Rhode Island

A new experimental economics lab at URI is playing an important role in testing how emerging economic markets might work.

Released: 10-Jan-2003 12:00 AM EST
Endangered Northern Right Whales Exposed to Neurotoxins
University of Rhode Island

With fewer than 300 northern right whales remaining, the seriously endangered species may face yet another obstacle to recovery. The whales are regularly exposed to the neurotoxins responsible for paralytic shellfish poisoning through feeding on contaminated zooplankton.

Released: 21-Feb-2003 12:00 AM EST
Aircraft Technology Helps Diagnose Artificial Hip, Knee Problems
University of Rhode Island

To assess the wear and tear on jet engine parts, mechanics run the aircraft's lubricating fluid through a magnetic device to separate out engine debris. A URI researcher uses a similar process to assess the wear and tear on artificial hip and knee joints to reduce the number of follow-up surgeries patients must undergo.

Released: 13-Mar-2003 12:00 AM EST
Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping May Aid Premature Infants
University of Rhode Island

A pilot study of delayed umbilical cord clamping of premature infants found the babies had higher blood pressure, higher glucose levels, and fewer digestive problems than those whose cords were clamped immediately after birth.

Released: 1-Apr-2003 12:00 AM EST
Pharmacy Researcher Looks to Ease Drug Monitoring
University of Rhode Island

A URI researcher is evaluating the use of saliva as an alternative to blood tests for monitoring medication levels of organ transplant pateints. Such a sample could be obtained at home, without the need for needles and trips to hospitals, clinics or doctors' offices.

Released: 3-Apr-2003 12:00 AM EST
Reel Baseball Hits Homerun for Fans of Baseball and Movies
University of Rhode Island

With the baseball season upon us, there's a book bound to be a hit with baseball fans and movie buffs. "Often the two are the same," notes Steve Wood, whose just-released book Reel Baseball examines the cultural intersection between film and baseball.

Released: 9-Apr-2003 12:00 AM EDT
Forecasting Coastal Conditions for Oil Spill Response, Homeland Security
University of Rhode Island

The Coast Guard's ability to respond effectively to search and rescue calls, oil spills, and various homeland security issues depends a great deal on local weather and marine conditions. Now a new tool is available to quickly monitor and forecast coastal conditions around the world.


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