The five-year partnership between NAU and the Phoenix-based Salt River Project funds research focusing on applied research activities related to SRP’s core businesses of power and water. Graduate and undergraduate students join NAU researchers in these projects. Read More.
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NAU researchers launch first large-scale study of tooth decay among preschoolers in southern Arizona, on island of Hawai’i
With funding through the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative, Northern Arizona University researchers are partnering with the University of Hawai’i to investigate biological, socioeconomic factors driving early childhood caries. Read more.
NAU researchers co-author study that finds water efficiency achievable throughout U.S. without decrease in economic activity
Ben Ruddell and Richard Rushforth, with collaborators throughout the country, looked at how much water conservation can readily and affordably be achieved in each region and industry by studying what conservation measures were already working and considering how much water is being used. Read More.
NAU biologist part of international team to sequence genome of rare reptilian ‘living fossil’
In a study published Aug. 5 in Nature, an interdisciplinary, international team of researchers including SICCS faculty, Marc Tollis, , in partnership with Māori tribe Ngātiwai, sequenced, assembled and analyzed the complete genome of the Sphenodon punctatus, or the tuatara, a rare reptile whose ancestors once roamed the earth with dinosaurs. It hasn’t changed much in the 150 million to 250 million years since then. Read More.
NAU research team sees major shift in relationship between state-by-state traffic and COVID-19 cases, offering insights into effects of lockdown policies
Dr. Kevin Gurney and Pawlok Dass, have been exploring the relationship between new data on daily traffic and the number of COVID-19 cases in the United States. The analysis shows that prior to the end of March, U.S. traffic activity—a useful proxy for a return to pre-COVID economic activity—declined rapidly as the number of COVID-19 cases increased. However, since that time, traffic activity and COVID-19 cases have been exhibiting strong regional patterns, with states such as California and Texas… Read more
Forests can be risky climate investments to offset greenhouse gas emissions, say NAU scientists
Professor Scott Goetz of Northern Arizona University’s School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems and associate professor Deborah Huntzinger of NAU’s School of Earth and Sustainability co-authored a paper published in Science finding that forests can be best deployed in the fight against climate change with a proper understanding of the risks to forests that climate change itself imposes. Given the tremendous ability of forests to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, some governments are counting on… Read more