Boxfish an
Inspiration For ODU Professor
At first glance, the boxfish looks prehistoric and about as sleek as a brick.
But Old Dominion University marine biologist Ian Bartol has found the tropical
fish to be an efficient swimmer with maneuverability and stability that may
make it the shape of things to come .....
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Human
Factors Has Long Legacy at ODU
The human factors psychology program at Old Dominion University has built a
reputation that would make Earl Alluisi proud .....
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Researchers
Examine Toxicity of Pfiesteria
New research supports conclusions reached by Old Dominion University biologists
about the toxicity of the dinoflagellate Pfiesteria piscicida .... |
Grant To
Study Red Tide
Margaret Mulholland, assistant professor of oceanography at Old Dominion
University, has been awarded a $500,000 grant to help determine the nutrient
triggers causing deadly red tide blooms in the Gulf of Mexico .... |
Armada Of
Rubber Duckies Help Oceanographers Plot Subarctic Gyre
On one hand, Old Dominion University faculty members Tom Royer and Chet Grosch
have the credentials to prove that they are serious and seasoned
oceanographers. On the other, they have been devoting research time lately to
rubber duck bathtub toys .... |
Physics
Professor Working To Protect Artifacts From USS Monitor
A team of scientists and conservators, including Desmond Cook, professor of
physics at Old Dominion University, has high hopes for a new process developed
to protect artifacts from the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor.... |
Nelson
Awarde National Science Foundation Career Grant
Out-of-the-box thinking similar to the ever more ingenious Internet strategies
used to disseminate spam e-mails may someday be employed to preserve digital
data, according to the hypothesis of Old Dominion University computer scientist
Michael Nelson ... |
Medical
Modeling and Simulation Highlighted in Magazine
Medical modeling and simulation research at Old Dominion University receives a
complimentary review in a feature article published by Mechanical Engineering
magazine. The comments of Mark Scerbo, professor of psychology and a human
factors expert, figure prominently in the article ... |
Savitzky
Takes The Bite out of Rattlesnake Roundups
Rattlesnake roundups—those festive hunts that result in the death of thousands
of the vipers each year—as well as some other snake-harvesting practices, could
be phased out if a position paper co-authored by Old Dominion University
herpetologist Alan Savitzky proves to be influential ... |
Porter's
RED-LIGHT-RUNNING Research Unveilled in Richmond
Bryan Porter, associate professor of psychology at Old Dominion University,
explained the results of his red-light-running research at a news conference
held at the General Assembly Building in Richmond on Jan. 16th under the
sponsorship of the Virginia Photo Red Coalition ... |
Professors are
part of International Seal Research Team
Eileen Hofmann and John Klinck, professors of ocean, earth and atmospheric
sciences, are part of an international team of scientists who are using seals
to collect data from the ocean depths. A story about this work was in the Sept.
8 issue of Science magazine ... |
Researchers
Discover Unuasul Defenses of Asian Snakes
Vipers are born with a poisonous bite they can use for defense. But what can
nonpoisonous snakes do to ward off predators? What if they could borrow a dose
of poison, perhaps by eating a toxic frog and recycling the toxins?
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Phyllis Brown, Editor
College of Sciences Newsletter
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