Where is Waldo? Whether we’re searching for Waldo or our keys in a room of clutter, we tap into a part of the frontal region of the brain when performing Read More
West Virginia University students will be able to help ensure space travel is safe for future explorers thanks to the continuation of a long-standing partnership with NASA announced Wednesday (Oct. 2). Read More
The West Virginia Water Research Institute at West Virginia University has been awarded $5 million by the U.S. Department of Energy to scale up its successful Rare Earth Recovery Project, which will include building Read More
Genes borrowed from a spider turned Peter Parker into Spiderman. If scientists can use archaea—tiny organisms similar to bacteria—as a source of useful genes for humans, might it help prevent Read More
Starting this semester, faculty and students from Shepherd University will travel to Randolph County, where they will use Shepherd’s drone fleet to help in efforts by the United States Forest Read More
A West Virginia University School of Pharmacy student who spent most of her high school years in outpatient chemotherapy treatments was inspired to pursue her degree because her doctor explained to her Read More
Marshall University will host the 2019 Meeting of the Appalachian American Association of Physics Teachers (A-AAPT 2019) Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 7-9, on the Huntington campus. It is open to students and Read More
Fairmont State University has received a grant for $7,461.50 from the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission’s (HEPC) Diversity for Equity grant program to support the development of a new Read More
One West Virginia University chemical engineer is tapping into artificial intelligence to prolong the lives of power plant boilers. Debangsu Bhattacharyya, GE Plastics Material Engineering Professor of chemical and biomedical engineering, received a Read More
The University of Charleston has received a grant to provide scholarships to 12 of its students pursuing STEM degrees. The grant was announced by U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) Read More