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
Makers of all ages will compete for cash prizes and state bragging rights Oct. 4 during West Virginia’s largest maker festival on the Huntington campus of Marshall University. The sixth Read More
Females are less susceptible to infection but are 10 times more likely than males to develop an autoimmune disorder, such as hypothyroidism or rheumatoid arthritis. The female immune system is Read More