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Students learn obesity reality in virtual world

Students learn obesity reality in virtual world

UGA professors use computer simulations to make obesity lessons come alive in the classroom. Read More

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Migrating towards better health

Migrating towards better health

Maximizing Research Opportunities

It’s a common assumption that animal migration, like human travel across the globe, can transport pathogens long distances, in some cases increasing disease risks to humans.

Travel bugs

Travel bugs

Maximizing Research Opportunities

A University of Georgia study that enlisted the help of hundreds of citizen scientists from across the U.S. and Canada has found that parasite infections in monarch butterflies increase during the summer…

Prescription for a stronger pregnancy

Prescription for a stronger pregnancy

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Despite decades of doctors’ reluctance to recommend weight training to pregnant women, a new UGA study has found that a supervised, low-to-moderate intensity program is safe and beneficial.

Center for Simulational Physics celebrates 25th anniversary

Center for Simulational Physics celebrates 25th anniversary

Maximizing Research Opportunities

David Landau remembers when the use of computer power in physics was a novelty—something promising, perhaps…

Migration limits spread of pathogens

Migration limits spread of pathogens

Maximizing Research Opportunities

It’s a common assumption that animal migration, like human travel across the globe, can transport pathogens long distances, in some cases increasing disease risks to humans.

Take your vitamins… or not?

Take your vitamins… or not?

Maximizing Research Opportunities

A recent University of Georgia study indicates that a common vitamin used to treat breast cancer patients might actually be harmful.