Author: Andrew Careaga
‘Nanospears’ could lead to better solar cells, lasers, lighting
Growing – and precisely aligning – microscopic, spear-shaped zinc oxide crystals on a surface of single-crystal silicon, researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology may have developed a method to make more efficient solar cells.
S&T receives $5 million for advanced vehicle project
Missouri University of Science and Technology will receive $5 million in federal funding to provide educational and training programs for a new electric vehicle initiative in Missouri.
Read More »Staff member publishes book of horror stories
Duane Barton has been writing horror stories since the first grade. Now, he has published his first collection of horror stories.
Read More »Quantum dot research could lead to medical advances
Working with atomic-scale particles known as quantum dots, a Missouri University of Science and Technology biologist hopes to develop a new and better way to deliver and monitor proteins, medicine, DNA and other molecules at the cellular level.
Read More »Student humanitarian trip to Honduras canceled
Political uncertainties in Honduras have led members of a student group at Missouri University of Science and Technology to cancel their humanitarian trip to Honduras.
Read More »Historian’s new book examines Quaker community of Barbados
While most Americans connect the Quaker religion to the colony of Pennsylvania, the true Quaker colony of the Western Hemisphere in the 17th century was the West Indies island of Barbados, writes Dr. Larry Gragg in a new book examining how members of that religion dealt with daily life in an economy based on slave trade.
Read More »$3 million announced for transportation center
Missouri University of Science and Technology’s National University Transportation Center — one of only 10 in the nation — will receive more than $3 million in federal funds for its research program, U.S. Sen. Kit Bond announced.
Read More »Governor visits campus to sign legislation promoting science, technology education
Missouri University of Science and Technology was the site Gov. Jay Nixon selected to sign into law two pieces of legislation promoting education in mathematics, engineering, technology and science.
Read More »Military historian’s latest book uncovers ‘Band of Brothers’ falsehood
Despite the stirring portrayal in Band of Brothers, Easy Company of the 101st Airborne Division was not the first to enter Adolf Hitler’s Berchtesgaden mountain retreat near the end of World War II, says military historian Dr. John C. McManus in a new book.
Missouri S&T student Laura Confer appointed to UM Board of Curators
Laura A. Confer of Fenton, Mo., a mechanical engineering student at Missouri University of Science and Technology, began her first full day on Friday, June 5, as the student representative to the University of Missouri Board of Curators.
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