Research suggests social action may give youth a career edge
When disadvantaged youth engage in social activism, they tend to have high-status occupations in adulthood, according to Clemson University and University of Michigan researchers. The findings also...
View ArticleCondition-specific gene co-expression patterns in cancer
A Clemson University professor, an alumnus, a former IT staff member and two students have unveiled a computer software that can sort genes to better understand how they interact to cause disease....
View ArticleInjured troops could receive better care and benefits with new research
Gunshots crackled as a man dressed in camouflage sat on the ground with a red stream trickling from his ear and a purple splotch marking the skin near his cheekbone. A medic asked what happened.
View ArticleVehicles could get 'nerves' that sense damage with new research
Helicopters, tanks and other vehicles could someday be made of "smart material" that senses damage, similar to how nerves tell the body it has been injured, with the help of new research based at...
View ArticleNew defenses sought against GPS spoofing attacks
Cyberattacks with the potential to expose sensitive information and cripple basic services could start with what would seem to be the most harmless of computer functions.
View ArticleResearchers blaze new ground in wireless energy generation for future...
Researchers from Clemson's Nanomaterials Institute (CNI) are one step closer to wirelessly powering the world using triboelectricity - a green energy source.
View ArticleUndergraduate student uncovers genes associated with aggressive form of brain...
When Leland Dunwoodie, an undergraduate researcher in biochemistry, approached his PI about wanting to start research on "some human stuff" in the spring of 2016, he didn't imagine it would lead to the...
View ArticleKey to predicting climate change could be blowing in the wind, researchers find
Dust that blew into the North Pacific Ocean could help explain why the Earth's climate cooled 2.7 million years ago, according to a new study published in the journal Science Advances.
View ArticleBlack holes from small galaxies might emit gamma rays
As a general rule of thumb, if there is a puzzling phenomenon occurring somewhere deep in outer space, a black hole is often the culprit behind it.
View ArticleDeaths tied to viral videos inspire prevention research
Deaths that have been tied to social media challenges are capturing the attention of Clemson University researchers who want to begin developing new ways of protecting adolescents and young adults from...
View ArticleSalamanders show more resistance to global warming than previously believed
The plethora of salamanders living in the southern Appalachian Mountains might be in less danger from the effects of global warming than previously believed, according to new research published...
View ArticleRenewed project could protect environment for millennia
A team that has included more than 85 researchers from three South Carolina universities is receiving $2 million to continue investigating how buried nuclear waste would react with soil and groundwater...
View ArticleMolecule studies reveal potential treatment for stroke patients
In an extension of research published a month ago in Nature Methods, a novel hybrid approach performed by researchers from Clemson University's department of physics and astronomy and Stony Brook...
View ArticleResearcher warns of spread of homemade steroids
A Clemson University researcher recently published insights into homemade steroids and steroid trafficking through a study of federal court cases. The research details why homemade steroids became...
View ArticleResearchers using 3-D facial scans to aid diagnosis of children with rare...
Clemson University faculty have been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the use of 3-D imaging that could allow for quicker diagnosis of children with Phelan-McDermid...
View ArticlePolymer that heals like skin 'very close' to industrial-scale production
The cost of making plastics, paints, coatings for cell phone screens and other materials that heal themselves like skin could be dramatically reduced thanks to a breakthrough that a Clemson University...
View ArticleResearchers reveal secrets of parasite that causes African sleeping sickness
A team of Clemson University researchers wants to protect humans and other mammals from the debilitating and even deadly effects of African sleeping sickness.
View ArticleLasers could take 3-D printing to next level
Cars that go more than 1,000 miles on a single fill-up and smartphones that can run for days without recharging are among the possibilities that could come out of a new Clemson University research...
View ArticleScientists measure all of the starlight ever produced by the observable universe
From their laboratories on a rocky planet dwarfed by the vastness of space, Clemson University scientists have managed to measure all of the starlight ever produced throughout the history of the...
View ArticleTrees grow more efficient leaves to compensate for hurricane damage
Some tree species heal from the ravages of hurricane damage by growing replacement leaves optimized for greater efficiency, according to a Clemson University field study presented at the British...
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