The Conversation: Will the Earth Last Forever?
The earth isn’t permanent, but it was here for four billion years before humans arrived and should be here for several billion more.
The Conversation: Easter Bunnies, Cacao Beans and Pollinating Bugs—A Basket of Six Essential Reads about Chocolate
Two food scientists, an entomologist, an anthropologist, a veterinarian and a historian walk into a bar (of chocolate) and tell bitter and sweet stories of this favorite treat.
The Conversation: From Grave Robbing to Giving Your Own Body to Science – A Short History of Where Medical Schools Get Cadavers
This particularly physical kind of philanthropy caught on in the mid-20th century.
The Conversation: How Fitness Influencers Game the Algorithms to Pump Up Their Engagement
Social media influencers use algorithms to build their brands.
College of Nursing and UT Medical Center Create Nursing Scholars Program
UTMC and the UT Knoxville College of Nursing partnered for the Nursing Scholars Program to address nursing shortages.
Study Shows Fewer Uninsured Children in Tennessee
The UT Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research finds that the uninsured rate for Tennessee children declined for the second straight year.
The Conversation: Nobel-Winning Quantum Weirdness Undergirds an Emerging High-Tech Industry, Promising Better Ways of Encrypting Communications and Imaging Your Body
Quantum entanglement is the stuff of science fiction, advanced physics research and, increasingly, technology used by governments, banks and the military.
The Conversation: Why Does Nature Create Patterns?
Nature begins forming patterns at the molecular level – and sometimes they grow to enormous sizes.
The Conversation: La Crosse Virus Is the Second Most Common Virus in the US Spread by Mosquitoes – and Can Cause Severe Neurological Damage in Rare Cases
Not all cases of La Crosse disease affect the neurological system, but those that do can be severe and sometimes fatal – especially in children.
UT Leads World in Polymer Science Ranking
UT’s polymer research spans chemistry, physics, chemical engineering, biosystems engineering, and forestry.
UTHSC and UT Introduce Culinary Medicine Program to Knoxville Health Care Community
Introduction to Culinary Medicine, the first class of its kind in Knoxville, teaches culinary medicine for health care professionals. The curriculum includes instruction in basic nutrition principles and culinary skills as well as information on how fresh food prepared healthfully can be used to prevent, improve, or reverse chronic diseases.
The Conversation: Faculty Discuss Recent Reproductive Health Topics
Faculty members in social work and law have written on a variety of topics related to women’s reproductive health for The Conversation.