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A small flickering at dusk near the trees, a pinprick of light rising from the ground – fireflies bring an air of magic and wonder to long summer evenings. The twinkling conversation between beetles is commonly associated with mating patterns; and new...

With a recent uptick in new COVID-19 cases and as vaccination rates stall in parts of the country, questions surrounding the level of protection offered by vaccines remain prominent. One researcher at The University of New Mexico is taking that question...

Exceptionally hot and dry weather this summer has fueled dozens of wildfires across the western U.S., spewing smoke across the country and threatening to register yet another record-breaking year. More than a century of fire exclusion has created dense...

Cosmology is the study of the universe—how and when it began, how it moves and how fast, and how its forces interact with each other. It is the study of the balance between what we can’t see and what we can. Dr. Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine, assistant...

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) visited the Office of Medical Investigator (OMI) at The University of New Mexico last week to see the work being done by forensic anthropologist Heather Edgar and her team to improve the identification of Native American...

The University of New Mexico's Center for Regional Studies recently selected Aimee Villarreal to participate in its Scholar-in-Residence Program as a short-term Visiting Research Scholar for the Summer 2021 term. Villarreal received her Ph.D. in...

Two students from The University of New Mexico are taking their studies abroad after receiving Fulbright Research Awards for the 2021-2022 academic year. Emily Hayes-Rich received the Fulbright Research Award for her Archaeology project in Morocco; and...

A new cryptocurrency company, 420Coin, has built a business model that allows investors to directly contribute to medical cannabis research. Cryptocurrencies are gaining rapid popularity because of their relative security, confidentiality, ease of asset...

As the visual evidence of climate change continues to shine a glaring light on a huge problem around the globe, scientists studying at several National Science Foundation (NSF) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites are tackling the issue in part by...

An international group of collaborators including scientists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and The University of New Mexico have discovered a new, temperate sub-Neptune sized exoplanet with a 24-day orbital period orbiting a nearby M dwarf star....