Indoor air quality experiments show exposure risks while cooking, cleaning
When you’re cooking or cleaning inside your home, what chemicals are you breathing, and are they potentially harmful? CSU chemists have given us a solid start on the answer.
Category: "Research"
Biologists unveil clues to evolutionary origins of brown-colored algae for health, biofuels research
Brown algae are brown because they have evolved a special set of pigments that absorb even more light for photosynthesis than green plants and green algae do.
Agricultural health and safety center celebrates 30 years of impact and collaboration
The center has held continuous funding from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, throughout its 30 years of work. After initial funding in 1991, they have successfully competed for and been awarded additional funding six times, most recently in 2022. The center’s research support to date is more than $28.5 million dollars, with an additional $7.8 million in the next five years.
Speakers discuss science, cinema, technologies that address mental wellness in challenging times
Speakers shared insights, tools and personal stories in an effort to bring greater awareness to people struggling with their mental health.
CSU chemists share in $20 million award for NSF Center for Computer-Assisted Synthesis
Rob Paton in the Department of Chemistry helped establish the center in 2018. His work is in developing new computational approaches that enable data science to be applied to chemical reaction discovery and optimization.
CSU researchers funded by DARPA to demystify neural networks, improve cybersecurity
CSU computer scientists and mathematicians are seeking to bring mathematics-based clarity to how artificial neural networks function, and how they can be better protected against security threats.
UQ-Bio introduces undergraduates to quantitative biology
The curriculum, developed by Luis Aguilera and a team of colleagues, uses pandemic-inspired teaching methods to introduce quantitative biology concepts and techniques to young scientists.
CSU offers new clues to how plants retain healthy genomes, avoid mitochondrial disease
A new study sheds light on how plants, however rarely, experience mutations in their mitochondrial genomes. Unlike humans, plants are able to quickly fix these mutations and not pass them on to their progeny.
A well-designed workplace boosts the aging brain, says international CSU study
As technology shifts to automate more on-the-job processes, occupational health researchers, such as Gwen Fisher from the Department of Psychology, are studying ways to design workplaces to foster new learning, autonomy, and problem-solving in support of worker health and well-being.
Biochemists use enzymes to change how brain cells communicate with each other
A new study demonstrates the possibility of changing the identity of synapses between neurons through enzymatic means, with larger implications for studying diseases of the brain.