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S&T ‘Multicopter’ Improves Structure Monitoring
The current method of inspecting bridges for structural damage is labor-intensive and, in some instances, dangerous to all involved. A Missouri S&T researcher is developing a safer, more efficient solution, the “multicopter.”
5/6/2013 3:00 PM EDT
Researchers Design Nanometer-Scale Material That Can Speed Up, Squeeze Light
In a process one researcher compares to squeezing an elephant through a pinhole, researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have designed a way to engineer atoms capable of funneling light through ultra-small channels.
4/29/2013 8:05 AM EDT
S&T Students Place Second in National Design Competition
A group of S&T students earned second place in an EPA competition to create an innovative, “green” infrastructure design for managing stormwater. They earned $1,500 for their team and $8,000 in research funds for their school.
4/22/2013 2:15 PM EDT
Researcher Studies Fuel Flow Patterns for Next-Generation Reactors
At Missouri University of Science and Technology, where the state’s first nuclear reactor was constructed more than 50 years ago, researchers are tracking and measuring the movement of radioisotopes to develop sophisticated new standards for the...
4/15/2013 1:00 PM EDT
S&T’s Solar Village to House Microgrid Project
Four solar homes built by students at Missouri University of Science and Technology will soon become home to an experimental microgrid to manage and store renewable energy.
4/2/2013 12:00 PM EDT
Historian Examines Lure of 'Sin City' in New Book
Las Vegas is appealing to average people around the world because it represents an escape from the mundane, everyday cares everyone faces, says Missouri University of Science and Technology historian Larry Gragg in his latest book.
3/29/2013 5:00 PM EDT
Research Predicts Growth, Survival of ‘Superorganism’ Ant Colonies
Smaller ant colonies tend to live faster, die younger and burn up more energy than their larger counterparts, as do the individual ants that make up those colonies, according to new research that views the colonies as “superorganisms” in which...
12/18/2012 5:15 PM EST
New Atomic-Layer Electrodeposition Method Yields Surprising Results
A new method for creating very thin layers of materials at the atomic scale, reported in the latest issue of the journal Science, could “unlock an important new technology” for creating nanomaterials, according to nanomaterials expert Dr. Jay A....
12/5/2012 3:00 PM EST
Missouri S&T Space Debris Expert Available to Discuss Meteor Explosion in Russia, contact news@mst.edu or 573-341-4328
2/15/2013 2:00 PM EST
Mummy Unwrapping -- Science or Spectacle? A MissouriSandT Historian Says Both
10/29/2012 3:25 PM EDT
Expert Available to Discuss Presidential Election and Energy Policy
9/26/2012 5:25 PM EDT
Candidates Could Get Medieval with ‘Indirect Aggression’ Debate Tactics
As Barack Obama and Mitt Romney prepare to square off in a series of presidential debates, the candidates and their running mates could go medieval on their opponents by using a rhetorical technique that dates back to Nordic and Germanic legends of...
9/25/2012 9:35 AM EDT
Values Clash in U.S. Reactions to Middle East Turmoil Says Military Historian
9/21/2012 8:00 AM EDT
S&T Professor Available to Discuss Recollections of Neil Armstrong
8/28/2012 4:15 PM EDT
Dr. J. David Rogers, Hurricane Expert, Available for Interviews
8/28/2012 1:30 PM EDT
Space Debris Expert Available to Discuss Falling Satellite
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...
9/22/2011 1:05 PM EDT
