March

Double Duty: Proteins Associated with Schizophrenia Hang Around Longer Than Previously Thought

March 31, 2016
While most scientists believe that TCF4 proteins degraded and disappeared after they assigned jobs to cells in the nervous system, a Drexel University research team discovered that the proteins were hanging around afterward and telling the cells how to do those jobs.
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Un-Muddying Waters: Drexel Researchers Studying Climate Change in Mongolian, U.S. Rivers

March 29, 2016
As a part of a National Science Foundation macroecology study spanning two continents, a team of researchers from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University will compare river systems in grassland areas of Asia and North America to see how they function and how human activity, including the effects of climate change alters that.
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WKDU Greets Local Nonprofits With 'Good Morning, Neighbors'

March 23, 2016
Student-run radio station WKDU, center for the support of nonprofit communications Drexel Edits and the Lindy Center for Civic Engagement come together to welcome local nonprofit organizations with “Good Morning, Neighbors,” a series of biweekly radio interviews.
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Surface-Going Cave Crickets Actually More Isolated Than Cave-Dwelling Cousins

March 16, 2016
Although other studies on cave-dwelling creatures have found that animals that spend all of their lives in the dark of caves are more likely to be genetically isolated, a recent study on two groups of crickets found the opposite.
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Know Where Your Mind is During Brain Awareness Week

March 14, 2016
The Drexel Department of Psychology is hosting multiple student- and community-oriented events during Brain Awareness Week, March 14-18, with the goal to educate community members about current trends in scientific research as it relates to brain health across the lifespan and, more generally, to raise awareness about healthy brain habits.
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Seeing the Light: Army Ants Evolve to Regain Sight and More in Return to Surface’s Complex Environment

March 09, 2016
A study of army ants revealed that some species increased their brain size, including visual brain regions, after evolving above-ground behavior. Their ancestors had lived mainly underground for nearly 60 million years. Such increases in brain capacity are a rarely-studied evolutionary phenomenon.
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They Needed Women More Than They Thought: Drexel Veterans Speak on the Role of Women in the Military

March 09, 2016
Five Drexel vets gathered on March 2 to discuss the hardships and successes of serving as women in the American and Israeli military.
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Trust Your Aha! Moments, Experiments Show They’re Probably Right

March 07, 2016
A series of experiments showed that sudden insight may yield more correct solutions than using gradual, methodical thinking.
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