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The Neuroeconomics of Addiction
Maximizing Research Opportunities
Why do people make bad decisions, even when they are aware of the negative consequences of their choices?
Beetle mania
Maximizing Research Opportunities
A pest survey led by researchers at the University of Georgia and the Georgia Forestry Commission has found that an exotic wood-boring ambrosia beetle that can attack living trees and has the potential to cause economic damage across the country has established a population in the state.
Onion X-rays
Maximizing Research Opportunities
The Vidalia onion is Georgia’s official state vegetable and No. 1 fresh vegetable crop. But like any major crop, it has its fair share of problems—ones UGA researchers want to fix.
Big Science on a Small Scale
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UGA physicist Yiping Zhao says nanoscience is big science—the kind that will change lives. Its nearly invisible scale is precisely what makes its potential so tremendous.
UGA discovery holds promise
Building the New Learning Environment (Learn)
Two University of Georgia animal science researchers introduced to the world 13 pigs that may hold the key to new therapies to treat human diseases, including diabetes.
UGA Takes on Global Diseases
Maximizing Research Opportunities
Somewhere in the world, perhaps a place near you, a once-harmless virus, bacterium or fungus may be undergoing a genetic makeover in an animal’s gut, transforming into an infectious pathogen capable of causing illness, disability or even death.