Research
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. The houses, all past entries into the Solar Decathlon design competition, make up the university’s Solar Village.
Read More »Professor to guide three students’ Brazil research
At Missouri University of Science and Technology, the idea of a student missing the annual St. Pat’s celebration is pretty rare. Missing that and spring break is unheard-of. But that is exactly what Dr. Daniel Oerther and three of his students are going to do. The group will spend the latter half of March conducting research and field work in Para, Brazil.
Read More »‘Helpful technology’ vs. Big Brother examined by S&T researchers
Collecting and analyzing data about how students use the Internet could lead to advances in mental health. But some worry that using technology in this manner could erode privacy.
Read More »S&T 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 social insects function much like the cells of a body.
Environmentally benign coatings project wins national award
A Missouri University of Science and Technology effort to investigate environmentally benign, corrosion-resistant coatings for military aircraft and other weapons systems has received national recognition from the U.S. Defense Department.
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. Switzer of Missouri University of Science and Technology in the journal.
Read More »Missouri S&T students to conduct research in India
Six students from Missouri University of Science and Technology will leave Dec. 26 for a two-week trip to western India to conduct research related to global sustainable development. The trek is part of an independent research course led by Dr. Daniel Oerther, the John A. and Susan Mathes Chair of Environmental Engineering at Missouri S&T.
Read More »Mummy unwrapping brought Egyptology to the public
Mummies have been objects of horror in popular culture since the early 1800s — more than a century before Boris Karloff portrayed an ancient Egyptian searching for his lost love in the 1932 film “The Mummy.” Public “unwrappings” of real mummified human remains performed by both showmen and scientists heightened the fascination, but also helped develop the growing science of Egyptology, says a Missouri University of Science and Technology historian.
Read More »Historian looks at southern culture at woman’s college
Today’s college students might find it hard to believe, but there was a time when doctors warned that a young woman who used her brain “too much” might not be able to conceive a child.
Read More »Antioxidant may prevent, even cure, cataracts and other degenerative eye disorders
Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology are working with an antioxidant that could prevent or cure cataracts, macular degeneration and other degenerative eye disorders.
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