2009

MESSAGE FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT
Campus research efforts now expend more than $67 million annually.

QUICK LOOKS
A rundown of science stories during the past year

THE OUTER LIMITS
New University research center studies the edge of human endurance.

THE ROOTS OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY
Digs in British Columbia offer a groundbreaking view of hunter-gatherer societies.

TAINTED TREES
Research reveals another public health threat from asbestos contamination.

STUDENT SCIENTIST
A young UM researcher studies flying rhinoceros beetles in Taiwan.

MURKY MOVEMENT
The Milltown Dam removal allows trapped sediments to travel.

FORGETTING FEAR
How do prey species react when predators are returned to ecosystems.

THE NEW NOTE-TAKING
UM develops new software to aid college students.

LOST MEANINGS
A UM legal scholar reveals Constitution's original intent.

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Cover: Jeff Cincoski, a triathlete and UM employee, puts a research bike through its paces in a 100-degree, temperature-controlled room at the Montana Center for Work Physiology and Exercise Metabolism.

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