Marshall University’s Center for Environmental, Geotechnical and Applied Sciences (CEGAS) has begun year two of evaluating properties for potential solar farms. The project is taking place through collaboration with its Read More
Although it’s a common heat source for agricultural buildings, propane often creates a wet heat that exacerbates illness in poultry. Using what was once a waste product in the forestry Read More
A graphics processing unit computer cluster called “Dolly Sods” will enable researchers throughout the state to accelerate computational research in fields such as drug development, interstellar phenomena, biometrics, material design Read More
Autumn Pennington, an undergraduate exercise science student at Marshall University, and her faculty advisor, Dr. Kumika Toma, presented their research to the NASA American Society for Gravitational and Space Research Read More
The American Heart Association has renewed funding for an undergraduate research program at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, directed by Nalini Santanam, Ph.D., M.P.H., that encourages Read More
Sometimes discoveries are hidden in plain sight. Or under a decomposing log, as in the case of one West Virginia University forest pathologist and mycologist. Upon the WVU Animal Science Farm woodlot off West Read More
Researchers from Marshall University’s Center for Environmental, Geotechnical and Applied Sciences (CEGAS) are among those to receive grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Community Development Read More
In the past, doctors would treat tumors with chemotherapy, but they couldn’t avoid hitting healthy cells, too. Today cancer treatments have grown more accurate, and scientists at West Virginia University are working Read More
Although strokes can occur no matter how old you are, your risk for one increases as you age. About two-thirds of the people hospitalized for one are at least 65 Read More
A beach vacation, shipwreck viewing experience or fishing excursion in the deep blue waters may seem like a relatively simple trip to make. But not all segments of the population Read More