RIVERTON, Wyoming, Jan. 12 (TNSGra) -- Central Wyoming College issued the following news: Central Wyoming College uses the IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) grant to foster coordination, development, and resource sharing in the expansion of multidisciplinary research. CWC's Alpine Science Institute Associate Professor of Environmental Health Jacki Klancher said this grant provides unique opportunities for students in the college's science departments. Alongside Klancher, more PR

BERKELEY, California, Jan. 13 (TNSJou) -- The University of California Berkeley campus issued the following news release: Each year, thousands of migratory mule deer and pronghorn antelope journey northwest from their winter homes in the Green River Basin, a grassland valley in western Wyoming, to their summer homes in the mountainous landscape near Grand Teton National Park. But to reach their destination, these ungulates must successfully navigate the more than 6,000 kilometers (3,728 miles) more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 12 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming's Office of Sponsored Programs has redesigned its website to better serve UW's research community. The site may be found at www.uwyo.edu/osp-postaward/. "We made the changes to simplify our content, improve the aesthetics, and provide more useful and relevant resources to assist research administrators and principal investigators with the fiscal management of research awards, en more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 13 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium will offer eight public shows during February, which include "Wyoming Skies" every Tuesday evening and family matinee full-dome films that will screen every Saturday afternoon. "With the return of students to campus this January, we're going to give our staff some time to undergo surveillance testing for COVID prior to opening to public shows," says M more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 14 (TNSJou) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Research led by the University of Wyoming shows that physical weathering is far more important than previously recognized in the breakdown of rock in mountain landscapes. Because it is difficult to measure, physical weathering has commonly been assumed to be negligible in previous studies. Cliff Riebe, a professor in UW's Department of Geology and Geophysics, headed a research group that discover more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 12 (TNSJou) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Jan. 11: University of Wyoming researchers headed a study that shows nonnative birds in Oahu, Hawaii, have taken over the role of seed dispersal networks on the island, with most of the seeds coming from nonnative plants. "Hawaii is one of the most altered ecosystems in the world, and we are lucky enough to examine how these nonnative-dominated communities alter important processes, such as see more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 13 (TNSJou) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Jan. 12: A study of biomass burning aerosols led by University of Wyoming researchers revealed that smoke from wildfires has more of a cooling effect on the atmosphere than computer models assume. "The study addresses the impact of wildfires on global climate, and we extensively used the NCAR-Wyoming supercomputer (Cheyenne)," says Shane Murphy, a UW associate professor of atmospheric science.  more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 16 (TNSJou) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Previously controversial values of the energy gap of a van der Waals material -- chromium tribromide -- were reported based on various optical measurements. A University of Wyoming faculty member and his research team used scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy measurements that clearly reveal a much smaller energy gap value and resolved the controversy. "Our results settled a long contro more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 14 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A "census" of Wyoming's lichens is now online and accessible through the species list tool of the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database (WYNDD) at the University of Wyoming. "Wyoming has a bounty of 860 lichen species, a workforce of soil-binding, rock-hugging and tree-trimming organisms," says Bonnie Heidel, WYNDD's lead botanist. "The addition of lichens to the species list tool is a major stride in repres more PR

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Jan. 14 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Jan. 13: Governor Gordon emphasized the need for Wyoming to live within its means, defend its energy industry and revitalize education during a message to the legislature delivered during today's one-day virtual legislative meeting. "Two years ago we began to address a future for Wyoming with a more limited, efficient and transparent government," Governor Gordon told the Legislature. "One that can a more PR