Undergraduates In The News
Damselflies have four wings that are controlled independently during flight. The fore and hindwings typically beat out of phase and the interactions which enhance or attenuate flight forces of the wing pairs is phase dependent.
The past is often mysterious. By analyzing firsthand accounts and primary documents, a fraction of the mystery becomes clearer. The Washington Papers assists this endeavor by collecting, editing and publishing all of George Washington’s documentary record from his colonial days to the week of his death.
Hydrogels are a type of biomaterial made up of networks of cross-linked polymers that are useful for replicating in-vivo tissue characteristics in an in-vitro environment. The most common process for forming hydrogels is to expose the material to light. However, this process can have concerning effects on the cells.
UVA-GI Women’s Reproductive Health (WRH) project is an ongoing effort to provide quality sexual and reproductive education for the indigenous community of the South Lake Atitlan Basin (SLAB) of Guatemala. Cervical cancer (CC) is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Guatemala, yet only an estimated 40% of women have been screened for CC.
This study investigates the high concentration of female workers in Senegal’s informal economy. Women in the informal sector generally do not receive social or legal protections, often face poor working conditions, and receive relatively low wages. As a result, these individuals are at greater risk of suffering from health issues, discrimination, and violence at work, as well as poverty.
The aging of the global population is associated with an increasing prevalence of chronic diseases and functional impairments, resulting in a greater proportion of homebound patients. Homebound status prevents people from accessing hospitals, office-based medical care, and social interactions.
Lung cancer is a type of cancer that stems from the lungs, and is most common in individuals that smoke. Cancerous cells form when there is an altercation in the natural flow of genetic information from DNA to RNA to protein that leads to the uncontrollable growth of cells.
Photoelectron yields of extruded scintillation counters with titanium dioxide coating and embedded wavelength shifting fibers read out by silicon photomultipliers have been measured at the Fermilab Test Beam Facility using 120 GeV protons.
The Mu2e project intends to observe a lepton flavor violation (LFV), a conversion of a muon into an electron; this conversion is heavily suppressed by the Standard Model, the most widely-accepted theory that describes particle interactions, which means that experimental evidence of the LFV will have significant implications in particle physics.
Multiple sclerosis, or MS, is an immune-mediated disease that causes the immune system to attack oligodendrocytes, which produce the myelin surrounding and protecting axons within the central nervous system (CNS). There is no cure for MS, and all current treatments are exclusively immunomodulatory and do not promote myelin repair, a process known as remyelination.
Impellers are an essential part of a centrifugal compressor. Improving the compressor configuration can be done through improving the impeller. The purpose of this study is to optimize the design of a centrifugal compressor impeller within design parameter constraints of additive manufacturing.
The cellular microenvironment greatly impacts cell communication, development, and signaling. These characteristics include growth factors which are critical regulators of numerous cellular processes and play an important role in development and regeneration. Hydrogels can be used to mimic this microenvironment to provide a more natural environment for the cells.
Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of developing chemical compounds that have a multitude of properties beneficial for small particle capture, including high porosity, large surface area, tunability, and a generous surface area to volume ratio.
The Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) is a labor union and development agency that serves women who work in India’s informal economy. In June, July and August of 2018, SEWA engaged our team of UVA student-researchers to help identify the occupational health and safety challenges faced by women agricultural laborers in the Indian state of Gujarat.