Category archive for ‘Research’ 
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September 11, 2012
Jimmy Mays, a chemistry professor at UT Knoxville, has developed a substance that promises to replace conventional rubber in many products with something that is stronger, greener, and easier to...Read More »
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September 11, 2012
Power from nuclear fusion reactors has the promise to be safe, sustainable, and limitless. But science has not been able to bring fusion energy to the commercial energy market. This...Read More »
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August 31, 2012
Chris Skinner, a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, has received the Senior Scientist Award from the Division of School Psychology, part of the American Psychological Association....Read More »
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August 30, 2012
Clinical trials can be time-consuming, expensive and intrusive, but they are also necessary. Researchers at the UT Space Institute in Tullahoma have developed an invention that makes clinical trials more...Read More »
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August 28, 2012
More than 12 million Chinese rely on Lake Taihu for drinking water but about twenty years ago the once pristine lake turned pea green. It had become overrun with toxic...Read More »
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August 24, 2012
Taylor Eighmy, senior vice president for research at Texas Tech University, has been named vice chancellor for research and engagement for UT. Eighmy, 56, will begin October 2. He brings...Read More »
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August 21, 2012
Children are often mystified by remote control cars and how they can control them with a device while standing several feet away from them. This past week, Chris Tate was...Read More »
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August 15, 2012
Responding to the challenge from national and state leaders to increase and encourage more innovation, the University of Tennessee helped establish nine startup companies based on technology developed by UT...Read More »
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August 13, 2012
A new national anti-bullying ad campaign urges parents to teach their kids to speak up if they witness bullying. One UT researcher has found that in humans' evolutionary past, at...Read More »
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August 8, 2012
David Fox, an associate professor of architecture, has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to research and teach in Krakow, Poland. His term will begin January 2013. He has taught for...Read More »
