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<p>You are what you eat whether you're a lion, a giraffe or a human -- at least in terms of the bacteria in your gut.</p>

<p>Three Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ professors will receive five-year, $750,000 grants as part of the U.S. Department of Energy's Early Career Research Program created in 2010 to bolster the nation's scientific workforce with top young researchers</p>

<p>Cigarette smoking, burning forests and even cooking fires all release a chemical compound not previously known to exist in significant quantities in smoke and which may have potential human health impacts, says a new study involving the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ.</p>

<p>A report commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy has concluded that a novel Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ method of producing hydrogen fuel from sunlight is the only approach among eight competing technologies that is projected to meet future cost targets set by the federal agency.</p>

<p>Interactive teaching methods significantly improved attendance and doubled both engagement and learning in a large physics class, according to a University of British Columbia study involving Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ Distinguished Professor Carl Wieman that is being published today in Science.</p>

<p>Two faculty members from the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, a top honor recognizing scientists and engineers for distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.</p>

<p>After six years of helping operate NASA spacecraft and satellites, Andrew Poppe will receive his doctoral degree in physics from the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ on May 6.</p>

<p>Three Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ students have won 2011 Goldwater Scholarships, recognizing top work in math, science or engineering among undergraduates nationally.</p>

<p>An ancient, bipedal hominid sporting a set of powerful jaws and huge molars that earned it the nickname "Nutcracker Man" likely didn't crack nuts at all, preferring instead to slurp up vast quantities of grasses and sedges, says a new study.</p>

<p>Harvey Segur, a professor of applied mathematics at the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ, has been selected to receive the 2011 Hazel Barnes Prize, the highest faculty recognition for teaching and research awarded by the university.</p>