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Usually, the Earth’s magnetic field shields us from the misadventures of our nearest star, the mighty sun.  But it failed on Sept. 2, 1859.  Known as the Carrington Event, the Read More

West Virginia University graduate student Alice Morgan is on a mission to get kids excited about science and the outdoors. One of 10 recipients of a prestigious fellowship from the Community Read More

For the third consecutive season, Marshall University’s Collegiate Cyber Defense team placed in the top 10 of the National Cyber League (NCL) team competition. The team placed ninth of 510 Read More

College students will continue to gain experiences through scientific research thanks to funding from the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission’s West Virginia Science & Research (WVSR) division, which renewed Read More

Faculty members at seven West Virginia colleges and universities were recently awarded approximately $150,000 in supplemental funding for scientific equipment and curriculum improvements.          West Virginia Science & Research (WVSR), Read More

The work of Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine neuroscience researcher, W. Christopher Risher, Ph.D., on neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) has been selected for the Research Partner Program through the Read More

If your bank account balance looks nail-bitingly low and you won’t get paid for days, you might agonize over every dollar you spend. Maybe you’ll scrutinize grocery-store ads more closely Read More

Nearly two decades ago, Amina Kunovac sat in a room in Croatia with an interviewer and a translator.  The interviewer asked her, “What do you want to be when you Read More

With more than 400 million maple trees, it’s no wonder maple syrup is one of the West Virginia’s fastest growing industries.  To help keep the momentum – and overcome challenges Read More