Research Team Awarded NIH Grant to Probe Protein’s Role in Cell Biology Damien Thévenin, associate professor of chemistry at Lehigh, helps to lead the team in research that might prove beneficial to the treatment of cancers. Wednesday, May 05, 2021 |
Scientists Identify Severe Asthma Species, Demonstrate Air Pollutant as Likely Contributor For the first time, an analysis identifies non-atopic childhood asthma as more than a set of symptoms, but a distinct disease, driven by early exposure to Benzo[a]pyrene from fossil fuel combustion. Wednesday, April 14, 2021 |
Researchers: Air Pollutant is Likely Contributor to Most Severe Asthma Species For the first time, an analysis identifies non-atopic childhood asthma as more than a set of symptoms, but a distinct disease, driven by early exposure to Benzo[a]pyrene from fossil fuel combustion. Wednesday, April 14, 2021 |
Scientists Identify Virus-Cell Interaction That May Explain COVID-19’s High Infection Rate Lehigh researchers quantify the interaction between the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—with the ACE2 receptors in human cells. Monday, March 29, 2021 |
Luck of the Irish Spawns Research Collaboration During Pandemic Economics Professor Vincent Munley studies voter participation and electoral outcomes in Ireland. Monday, March 15, 2021 |
Embracing Our Excremental Selves In her latest book, Mary Foltz examines the ways several postmodern authors produce scatological works to critique how humans treat each other and the natural world. Wednesday, February 24, 2021 |
Evolution’s Game of Rock-Paper-Scissors Groundbreaking yeast experiment identifies a nontransitive evolutionary sequence where an organism is more fit than its immediate predecessor but less fit than a distant ancestor. Tuesday, February 16, 2021 |
Lehigh's College of Health Establishes Institute for Indigenous Studies Christine Makosky Daley and Sean Daley will lead the Institute. They have partnered with Native communities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Bolivia in holistic approaches to improving health. Monday, January 18, 2021 |
Your ‘Personalized Research University’ Independent discovery is encouraged as part of your Lehigh experience. Friday, November 06, 2020 |
Where Will the Seabirds Go? Seabird poop transformed an entire ecosystem, according to an examination of a 14,000-year peat record in the Falkland Islands. The discovery raises questions about the birds’ survival and the potential impact of climate change on sensitive terrestrial-marine ecosystems. Friday, October 23, 2020 |