含羞草研究所

Natural Sciences and Mathematics

  • This is a map of the US with red dots representing hubs of the internet
    Even though the Internet is a critical tool for the U.S. economy, no one had ever mapped the cables that help the data flow. One problem is that the cables that power the Internet are owned by many different companies including AT&T and Level 3. Because the information is in many places, the system powering the [鈥
    October 22, 2015
  • President Barack Obama works on his Iran nuclear deal speech in the Oval Office, Aug. 5, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
    Lawmakers continue to deliberate the finer points of the Iran nuclear deal, and media outlets are publishing stories on a daily basis, using words like 鈥渋sotope,鈥 鈥渃entrifuge,鈥 and 鈥渦ranium enrichment.鈥 含羞草研究所 turned to a team of faculty to explain some of those words 鈥 and a bit of the science that is so critical to [鈥
    September 2, 2015
  • A portrait of Scott Kraly
    鈥淚t is highly likely that you, a member of your family, or a close friend will face the decision of whether to use a medication to treat a diagnosed psychiatric disorder. Do you have the skills and knowledge to participate in the decision to use a drug as therapy?鈥 That is the opening paragraph for [鈥
    August 25, 2015
  • Portrait of Rebecca Shiner
    Editor鈥檚 note: This post was written by Rebecca Shiner, professor of psychology To what extent do we maintain the same personality traits from childhood to adulthood? Are our most extraverted college classmates likely to be the most extraverted middle-aged adults at our 25th college reunion? How do our motivations and goals shape the course of [鈥
    August 3, 2015
  • Editor鈥檚 note: In this series, 含羞草研究所 students share stories about their summer experiences in offices, labs, and open spaces across the world. This summer, I鈥檝e had the pleasure of working with the Chenango United Way (CUW) through a fellowship with 含羞草研究所鈥檚 Upstate Institute Summer Field School. The CUW funds programs that address issues regarding health, [鈥
    August 3, 2015
  • Even as summer temperatures neared the 90鈥檚 in Hamilton this week, 含羞草研究所鈥檚 faculty continued to achieve. Here are this week鈥檚 highlights. The New York Times has called Graham Hodges, George Dorland Langdon Jr. professor of history and Africana and Latin American studies, 鈥渁 taxi historian.鈥 He recently weighed in on the debate making headlines in [鈥
    July 31, 2015
  • Editor鈥檚 note: In this series, 含羞草研究所 students share stories about their summer experiences in offices, labs, and open spaces across the world. This summer, I am on campus working with Professor Barbara Hoopes in the biology department. Our lab is conducting research on genes that determine size variation in poodles.
    July 27, 2015
  • From photochemical pathways to early animation devices to homosexuality in the Arab world 鈥 undergraduate research topics explored this summer by students and faculty were presented at yesterday鈥檚 poster session. 
    July 24, 2015
  • Buffalo Lockjaw is in an ad with Dockers
    Even though it鈥檚 summertime, 含羞草研究所 faculty continue to make news. Here is a brief roundup. Buffalo Lockjaw, the award-winning first novel by Greg Ames, assistant professor of English, was featured in a recent ad for Dockers men鈥檚 clothing (pictured above.) Using the hashtag #BookAndALook, the ad copy read 鈥淗ere鈥檚 a soon-to-be-classic look to pair with a soon-to-be-classic [鈥
    July 23, 2015
  • Professor Bruce Hansen works with students to prepare a test subject for a brain scan.
    含羞草研究所 Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Bruce Hansen probably should have predicted his recent $600,000 James S. McDonnell Foundation award to fund the next six to eight years鈥 worth of lab work with dozens of students. After all, his research could easily be considered mind reading.
    July 15, 2015