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TCU Professor Answers the Question: When Do You Really Need Electrolytes?
Featured in Verywell Health, McKale Montgomery shared practical guidance on when electrolyte drinks are beneficial and when they're unnecessary.
Are meal delivery kits today's version of 1950's TV dinners? Anne VanBeber, Nutritional Sciences Professor, Gives Her Expert Opinion
Modern-day meals delivered right to your doorstep are a far cry from the Swanson and Hungry-Man trays of yesteryear. Offering dinners catered to vegan, keto, and low-calorie diets, prepared meals continue to soar in popularity. But just how nutritious are they? Anne VanBeber, Nutritional Sciences professor, gives her expert opinion on modern eating habits for those concerned with quick and easy meal prep.
The Institute of Behavioral Research Reveals New Mobile Health Unit
TCU’s Institute of Behavioral Research utilizes its $3.1 million portion of a larger $11.5 million grant to advance its ACTION research project. The project includes the use of a Mobile Health Unit (MHU), which will serve individuals who either have or are at risk for acquiring HIV or a substance use disorder. The project will initially concentrate on historically underserved areas in Tarrant County.
Summer Mengelkoch, Co-Founder and Research Scientist for TCU's Eos BioAnalytics, Speaks to News Outlets About Scientific Links Between People's Attractiveness and Immune Systems
Research scientist and co-founder of TCU’s Eos BioAnalytics Summer Mengelkoch led the study in which 79 women and 80 men were recruited and asked to have their photos taken and their blood tested to discover if there is a link between people’s attractiveness and their immune systems.
John Holbrook Speaks to Fort Worth Report on Geothermal Energy Taking Off in Texas
TCU geological sciences professor, John Holbrook, discusses how geothermal energy could become the next economically viable source of clean energy. Technology for harnessing heat from the earth’s core is rapidly developing. Holbrook has been an outspoken advocate for greater investment in geothermal production, especially as Texas continues to encounter questions over its dependence on natural gas to produce electricity.
Journal Publishes Research Results by TCU Biology Professor, Matt Chumchal, Analyzing the Use of Riparian Spiders as Sentinels of Contaminants in Aquatic Ecosystems
Matt Chumchal, TCU professor of biology, along with eight coauthors, recently had a paper, "Use of Riparian Spiders as Sentinels of Persistent and Bioavailable Chemical Contaminants in Aquatic Ecosystems: A Review," published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (ET&C), an international scientific journal. The article reviews the use of riparian spiders as sentinels of environmental pollution, and suggests the development of national-scale programs to monitor chemical contaminants in aquatic ecosystems using spiders.
Cryptocurrency: Risky Investment or Money of the Future?
Bitcoin, the first cryptocurrency created, was at first developed to act as a payment tool solely for the online universe. It has evolved from a hobby among coders to a mainstream exchange on Wall Street. There are risks, however, with getting involved with cryptocurrency and financial systems that aren’t regulated by the government. Liran Ma, professor in the department of computer science at TCU, clears up some of the confusion surrounding cryptocurrency, including complications related to cybersecurity.