Biofuel production can be an expensive process that requires considerable fossil fuels, but a Missouri S&T microbiologist’s patented process could reduce the cost and the reliance on fossil fuels, while streamlining the process.
First-year engineering students who participate in service-learning projects as part of their coursework see themselves as more capable and more motivated to learn than those who do not take part in service-learning projects, a recent study suggests.
The story of westward expansion in the United States is often told from the perspective of the men and women who crossed the Great Plains in search of a better life in the west. But a historian at Missouri University of Science and Technology is bringing to light the role settlers’ animals played in the westward migration of the mid-1800s.
A future weapon in the battle against obesity and diabetes could come in the form of an oil derived from the seeds of wild almond trees, according to researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
An undergraduate student’s technique for detecting certain metabolites in urine samples could lead to a simpler and more accurate way to test for prostate cancer.
In a new study analyzing Internet usage among college students, researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have found that students who show signs of depression tend to use the Internet differently than those who show no symptoms of depression.
A future weapon in the battle against obesity and diabetes could come in the form of an oil derived from the seeds of wild almond trees, according to researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
“Operation Market Garden” may be one of World War II’s most ambitious battles, but it is also one of the least understood, particularly from an American perspective. In his latest book, Dr. John C. McManus tells America’s side of the story.
In a new study analyzing Internet usage among college students, researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have found that students who show signs of depression tend to use the Internet differently than those who show no symptoms of depression.
As vacationers prepare to spend time outdoors this summer, many of them will pack plenty of sunscreen in hopes it will protect their bodies from overexposure, and possibly from skin cancer. But researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology are discovering that sunscreen may not be so safe after all.
Researchers working on a future power grid for the nation envision a network similar to the Internet. Under this scenario, users and utility companies interact to share and swap energy from distributed systems, much like computer users tap into the web to transfer files. But just as malicious Internet users try to spread harmful viruses through computer networks, attackers on the future power network could cause outages and other harmful disruptions that might disable portions of the so-called smart grid.
By the time a geothermal energy project at Missouri University of Science and Technology is completed in 2014, the campus’s annual energy use will be cut in half and its carbon footprint reduced by 25,000 metric tons per year.
As the U.S. economic recovery continues its struggle to gain traction, companies across the nation are eager to hire new college graduates who can replenish their aging talent pool in specific areas. With a record graduating class next month, Missouri University of Science and Technology is helping fill the growing demand for technologically savvy individuals in areas that are most poised for growth: business, computer science, and electrical, computer and mechanical engineering.
Eighty-five years after the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic Ocean, a faculty member at Missouri University of Science and Technology answered one of maritime sleuths’ burning questions about the disaster: Was the steel used to build the ship at fault?
While talk of space tourism continues to skyrocket, students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are working to improve cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) – a crucial emergency procedure – in a microgravity environment. Their tests could lead to greater safety for future space travelers.
When viewing a website, it takes users less than two-tenths of a second to form a first impression, according to recent eye-tracking research conducted at Missouri University of Science and Technology. But it takes a little longer – about 2.6 seconds – for a user’s eyes to land on that area of a website that most influences their first impression.
Dr. Cheryl B. Schrader, associate vice president for strategic research initiatives and former engineering dean at Boise State University, has been selected as the next chancellor of Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T), University of Missouri System officials announced Thursday (Jan. 19, 2012). She will begin her duties as chancellor on April 2.
People with diabetes may one day have a less expensive resource for monitoring their blood glucose levels, if research by a group of Missouri University of Science and Technology students becomes reality.
The first rule of Fight Club, according to Dr. Olivia Burgess, is that we are driven by our own personal utopian ideas, regardless if they end up creating dystopia.
There are no agriculture majors at Missouri University of Science and Technology, but some engineering students on the campus have taken up virtual planting and harvesting through the social networking game FarmVille on Facebook. Unlike millions of other Facebook users, however, they’re playing to earn a grade and learn new ways to approach complex engineering problems.
Environmental engineering professor Dan Oerther and his family want to show others how to live intentionally. And they have the perfect place for it: in one of four student-designed solar homes at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have developed a method to detect the presence of soil and groundwater contamination without turning a shovel or touching the water. Instead, they’re using trees.
Diabetics who suffer from hard-to-heal open wounds may soon have help in the form of a cottony glass material developed at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Plans to develop the “smart” grid – a system that uses intelligent computer networks to manage electric power – cannot succeed without the creation of new “thinking machines” that can learn and adapt to new situations, from power outages along the grid to fluctuations in the power supply. So says Dr. Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy, a power engineering expert at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
As a 20-year-old NASA satellite prepares to return to Earth and scatter space debris over a wide area, space debris expert Dr. William Schonberg is available to talk to media about the issue. Schonberg is chair of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology and is part of a National Research Council panel that studies the impact of space debris.
History will look at the 10 years since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, as a period of “breathtaking American ignorance” on the part of the nation’s leaders, offset by tremendous adaptability among U.S. military personnel, says Dr. John C. McManus.
The poet William Blake once wrote that we could “see a world in a grain of sand.” Today, environmental engineers are seeing the world beneath the surface through a greener part of nature: the trunks and branches of trees.
Hard-to-heal open wounds may have met their match in the form of a cottony glass material developed at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Dr. John C. McManus, a military historian and the author of “Grunts,” a book about the importance of ground forces in recent U.S. military history, is available to discuss the role highly trained “boots on the ground” played in Sunday’s killing of Osama Bin Laden.
Natural gas is an abundant energy resource for the United States, but much of it remains trapped in shale or tight-sand formations. Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology hope to develop a way to extract that gas by studying the energy source at the molecular level.
Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have developed a method to detect the presence of soil and groundwater contamination without turning a shovel or touching the water. Instead, they’re using trees.
Dr. Joseph D. Smith, manager of advanced process and decision systems for Idaho National Laboratory, has been named the first Laufer Chair of Energy at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology are trying to get proteins to create the sticky plaque often associated with neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and even Mad Cow. If successful, the study would better equip researchers to prevent or find a cure for these diseases.
The science similar to the type used in airport body scanners could soon be used to detect everything from defects in aerospace vehicles or concrete bridges to skin cancer, thanks to researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Dr. Fathi Finaish, professor and associate chair of aerospace engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T), is a native of Libya and is available to talk to journalists about Libyan life and culture.
As revolt in the Middle East has spread from Tunisia to Egypt, with additional unrest in Jordan and Yemen, the trend echoes past political revolutions, says a historian at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
A researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology is leading a study to increase the amount of fly ash used in concrete. If successful, the effort could divert millions of tons of the waste product away from ponds and landfills and reduce CO2 emissions.
In an effort to increase the number of women and minorities in the field of cyber-security, Missouri University of Science and Technology is working with the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff to develop a new program for undergraduate students.
Inside a non-descript, soundproof building on the south side of town, researchers from Missouri University of Science of Technology are building an audio battlefield, complete with the sounds of tanks, ordinance, gunfire, shouting and helicopters.
The railroad industry’s 40-year conversion from steam to diesel power during the 20th century may offer clues for the auto industry as it attempts to develop alternatives to gas-powered vehicles, says a historian at Missouri University of Science and Technology in a new book.
Dr. Delbert Day, Curators’ Professor emeritus of materials science and engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named the 2010 Phoenix Award Glass Person of the Year, the glass industry’s top honor. Day developed a method to treat liver cancer with glass microspheres.
Nicole Heinley, a graduate student at Missouri University of Science and Technology, traveled to Guatemala twice in the past year to conduct research on ceramic pot filters that are used locally to remove bacteria from water. Now, Heinley’s findings are about to be published in the Journal of Water Science and Technology.
When Dr. Mehdi Ferdowsi and Ph.D. student Andrew Meintz offered the inaugural class on electric and hybrid vehicles last January at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T), they made an instant connection with students from a variety of engineering disciplines.
Oral surgeons may one day have an easier, less costly approach to one important aspect of dental restoration, thanks to a newly patented process developed by researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T).
Detection of malignant melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer, will soon be quicker and easier thanks to the work of researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Despite the U.S. military’s reliance on technology in modern warfare, American troops on the ground – the “grunts” – have proven to be the crucial difference between victory and defeat, says military historian John C. McManus in a new book about America’s ground forces.
The current tension between President Obama and Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, is nothing new in the presidency, says military historian Dr. John C. McManus.
Afghanistan’s political instability, geography and poor infrastructure will likely impede the nation’s development into one of the world’s leading mining centers, say two mining engineering experts from Missouri University of Science and Technology.
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