Latest news from Northern Arizona University on Newswise en-us Copyright 2025 Newswise 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/americans-lost-out-on-420b-in-bank-loans-because-of-the-federal-reserve-explosive-new-research-says/?sc=rsin /articles/americans-lost-out-on-420b-in-bank-loans-because-of-the-federal-reserve-explosive-new-research-says/?sc=rsin Wed, 15 Jan 2025 20:30:18 EST Why did banks lend out less money during the Great Recession? Economists have claimed it's because instead of lending, banks bought Treasuries, or U.S. government debt, because they're less risky than lending to businesses and people in economically shaky times. But a researcher and onetime Wall Streeter now claims the blame lies in part with the Federal Reserve's 2008 decision to pay interest on banks' excess reserves. Northern Arizona University /articles/one-quarter-of-freshwater-animals-at-risk-of-extinction-new-research-shows/?sc=rsin /articles/one-quarter-of-freshwater-animals-at-risk-of-extinction-new-research-shows/?sc=rsin Wed, 08 Jan 2025 17:30:52 EST The study, led by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and co-authored by experts throughout the world, recommends targeted action to prevent further extinctions and calls for governments and industry leaders to use these data in water management and policy measures to protect critical species and ecosystems. Northern Arizona University /articles/why-we-need-to-save-the-great-salt-lake-and-how-to-do-it/?sc=rsin /articles/why-we-need-to-save-the-great-salt-lake-and-how-to-do-it/?sc=rsin Tue, 07 Jan 2025 18:55:46 EST New research co-authored by Northern Arizona University scientists examines the global risks posed by a shrinking Great Salt Lake and looks at the economic and environmental solutions needed to refill it. Northern Arizona University /articles/a-public-health-emergency-is-waiting-at-the-bottom-of-the-antibiotic-resistance-cliff/?sc=rsin /articles/a-public-health-emergency-is-waiting-at-the-bottom-of-the-antibiotic-resistance-cliff/?sc=rsin Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:00:00 EST New research led by Northern Arizona University showed that it's not if, but when we will see pan-resistance. Northern Arizona University /articles/how-to-find-a-comet-before-it-hits-earth/?sc=rsin /articles/how-to-find-a-comet-before-it-hits-earth/?sc=rsin Thu, 12 Dec 2024 20:25:21 EST First-year Ph.D. student Samantha Hemmelgarn led a study that looked at "footprints"--those meteor showers we see occasionally in the night sky--of comets that haven't passed Earth in 200 years to determine where those comets are now and, importantly, whether any of them are on an impact path with our planet. Northern Arizona University /articles/how-an-iconic-desert-tree-survives-extreme-heat-and-the-unique-risk-it-s-facing-now/?sc=rsin /articles/how-an-iconic-desert-tree-survives-extreme-heat-and-the-unique-risk-it-s-facing-now/?sc=rsin Thu, 12 Dec 2024 18:15:42 EST Even in extreme heat waves, Fremont cottonwood trees can cool themselves through evaporation in their leaves, similar to the way we sweat when we're hot. It's how they've survived in Arizona and throughout the Southwest. Northern Arizona University /articles/researchers-uncover-a-troubling-trend-in-tropical-rainforest-biodiversity/?sc=rsin /articles/researchers-uncover-a-troubling-trend-in-tropical-rainforest-biodiversity/?sc=rsin Mon, 09 Dec 2024 15:00:00 EST Scientists across four continents worked together to create and analyze three-dimensional maps of tropical rainforests throughout the globe. What they found is worrying: three- quarters of rainforests worldwide are suffering from human intervention, endangering thousands of animal species and threatening delicate ecosystems that are crucial to human survival.  Northern Arizona University /articles/three-ways-nau-and-srp-are-protecting-the-water-and-electric-grid-in-arizona/?sc=rsin /articles/three-ways-nau-and-srp-are-protecting-the-water-and-electric-grid-in-arizona/?sc=rsin Mon, 18 Nov 2024 13:45:42 EST Teams from Northern Arizona University and the Salt River Project collaborated on several research projects, including ones aimed at protecting the Salt and Verde River watersheds and ensuring the power grid can handle the increasing number of electric vehicles on the road. Northern Arizona University /articles/launch-of-nationwide-map-viewer-and-database-aids-wildfire-planning-and-understanding-of-treatment-effects/?sc=rsin /articles/launch-of-nationwide-map-viewer-and-database-aids-wildfire-planning-and-understanding-of-treatment-effects/?sc=rsin Thu, 14 Nov 2024 18:30:04 EST The launch of the Treatment and Wildfire Interagency Geodatabase, known as TWIG, now provides an open-access platform where all federal fuel treatment and wildfire data can be viewed, downloaded and analyzed. This comprehensive data compilation enables users to assess, plan and monitor fuel treatment interactions with wildfires across boundaries. Northern Arizona University /articles/have-we-found-all-the-major-maya-cities-not-even-close-new-research-suggests/?sc=rsin /articles/have-we-found-all-the-major-maya-cities-not-even-close-new-research-suggests/?sc=rsin Tue, 29 Oct 2024 05:00:00 EST Researchers' analysis of "found" lidar data from a completely unstudied corner of the Maya civilization revealed countless settlements that archaeologists never knew about. The study demonstrates, once and for all, that there's still plenty of the Maya world to uncover. Northern Arizona University /articles/expert-how-to-support-your-kids-mental-health/?sc=rsin /articles/expert-how-to-support-your-kids-mental-health/?sc=rsin Fri, 18 Oct 2024 12:35:30 EST Northern Arizona University /articles/nau-scientist-raises-questions-about-al-gore-founded-global-climate-pollution-database/?sc=rsin /articles/nau-scientist-raises-questions-about-al-gore-founded-global-climate-pollution-database/?sc=rsin Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:30:13 EST Kevin Gurney, a professor from NAU's School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, found that a global database co-founded by Gore was underestimating greenhouse gas emissions at power plants by an average of 50%. Northern Arizona University /articles/milton-has-potential-to-disrupt-fuel-supply-chain-hinder-any-recovery-efforts/?sc=rsin /articles/milton-has-potential-to-disrupt-fuel-supply-chain-hinder-any-recovery-efforts/?sc=rsin Mon, 07 Oct 2024 13:05:18 EST Northern Arizona University /articles/what-to-know-ahead-of-this-flu-season-vaccines-strains-prevention/?sc=rsin /articles/what-to-know-ahead-of-this-flu-season-vaccines-strains-prevention/?sc=rsin Thu, 03 Oct 2024 14:05:00 EST Northern Arizona University /articles/expert-dock-worker-strike-throws-volatility-into-shipping-could-have-significant-adverse-impacts-on-supply-chain/?sc=rsin /articles/expert-dock-worker-strike-throws-volatility-into-shipping-could-have-significant-adverse-impacts-on-supply-chain/?sc=rsin Tue, 01 Oct 2024 13:05:47 EST Northern Arizona University /articles/how-nau-researchers-are-tackling-and-preventing-homelessness-in-arizona/?sc=rsin /articles/how-nau-researchers-are-tackling-and-preventing-homelessness-in-arizona/?sc=rsin Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:05:29 EST Homelessness in Arizona has reached a new crisis point. In 2023, more than 14,000 people were without shelter--a 29% increase since 2020.Help could be on the way, thanks to grant funds that are fueling new research projects based at NAU and developed alongside community partners.Laura Noll and Robert Wickham, both associate professors of psychological sciences at NAU, recently received more than $1 million in grants from the Garcia Family Foundation to lead three projects aimed at not only finding housing and support for unsheltered Arizonans but also preventing future homelessness in the state. Northern Arizona University /articles/using-ai-to-prevent-ruptured-brain-aneurysms/?sc=rsin /articles/using-ai-to-prevent-ruptured-brain-aneurysms/?sc=rsin Thu, 05 Sep 2024 17:05:49 EST Bioengineering Ph.D. student Holly Berns won a grant from the Brain Aneurysm Foundation to study how AI and other new technologies can change how aneurysms are discovered and treated. Her project will use AI and machine learning to examine how arteries leading to the brain are tilted and whether that tilt contributes to the formation and rupture of brain aneurysms. Northern Arizona University /articles/nau-physicist-wins-5m-nsf-grant-to-advance-research-in-quantum-physics/?sc=rsin /articles/nau-physicist-wins-5m-nsf-grant-to-advance-research-in-quantum-physics/?sc=rsin Thu, 29 Aug 2024 09:05:19 EST An NAU physicist is spearheading groundbreaking new quantum physics research, a field with the potential to revolutionize computing, communication, security and sensing on a global scale Northern Arizona University /articles/expert-available-cdc-releases-new-iud-pain-management-guidelines/?sc=rsin /articles/expert-available-cdc-releases-new-iud-pain-management-guidelines/?sc=rsin Fri, 23 Aug 2024 13:05:53 EST Northern Arizona University /articles/not-remarkable-researchers-take-a-new-look-at-impacts-of-4-2-ka-climate-event/?sc=rsin /articles/not-remarkable-researchers-take-a-new-look-at-impacts-of-4-2-ka-climate-event/?sc=rsin Thu, 15 Aug 2024 16:05:59 EST Students, alumni and faculty from the School of Earth and Sustainability leveraged the power of big data to take another look at the 4.2 ka event--a historic megadrought thought to have Earth-altering effects. What they found in the data pointed to a different conclusion, not only about that event but about how the climate may change in the future. Northern Arizona University