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A University of New Mexico Biology professor and second year Ph.D. student are part of a team of scientists have examined the immune system of an unusual group of mammals, which includes a small South American opossum, to find solutions that evolution...

Every society has some degree of wealth inequality  ̶  over history, across continents, there always seem to be some people who have more than others. But the amount of inequality differs  ̶  in some civilizations, a few powerful people have nearly all...

The 61st Annual Central New Mexico STEM Research Challenge will be held virtually March 22-27. Nearly 200 4th through 12th-grade students will exhibit their research projects and compete virtually for the chance to move forward to the New Mexico State...

Dr. Mary Jo Daniel was officially appointed recently to the position of UNM Associate Vice President for Research (VPR) by Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway. Daniel was appointed last fall as Interim Associate VPR...

The annual Undergraduate Research Opportunity Conference (UROC) is taking place virtually and volunteers can sign up now to help review materials. UROC will be held on April 15, 2021. It provides undergraduate researchers an opportunity to gain...

Life on earth is so diverse, in large part because individual species are restricted to particular areas. If populations were to expand unfettered across continents, communities everywhere would contain the same species. But they don’t. Why communities...

As the state’s only Carnegie-designated Research 1 institution, the innovations and opportunities being developed at The University of New Mexico are some of the greatest stories to tell. To support and promote the research efforts of its faculty and...

Members of the UNM faculty are hosting an upcoming Lightning Lounge featuring quick talks and time for conversation. UNM staff and students are welcome to join online for 7-minute talks about faculty research and scholarship. These talks will take place...

In order to realize the full potential of reforestation in the United States, the nation’s tree nurseries need to increase seedling production by an additional 1.7 billion each year, a 2.4-fold increase over current nursery production. These numbers,...

Paleo-ecologists from The University of New Mexico and at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have demonstrated that the offspring of enormous carnivorous dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus rex may have fundamentally re-shaped their communities by...