Research

Assessing the cost of interruptions for the military

Posted by on January 27, 2012

Interruptions are a way of life, and unless we’re trying to read email on our smart phones while driving, they’re typically not life-threatening.

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Student team’s glucose sensor uses DNA instead of chemicals

Posted by on January 3, 2012

IGEM-web150.jpgPeople 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.

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50 years later, S&T historian finds out what happened in Vegas

Posted by on January 3, 2012

“What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” may be the city’s motto, but as Dr. Larry Gragg can testify, discovering what happened years ago in Las Vegas just takes some digging.

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S&T students build hybrid go-kart

Posted by on December 14, 2011

While General Motors recently came out with its Chevrolet Volt, four electrical engineering students at Missouri University of Science and Technology just completed their own vehicle, a hybrid go-kart.

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Midwest Energy Policy Conference features Missouri S&T researchers

Posted by on November 30, 2011

Researchers from Missouri University of Science and Technology are among the presenters at the Fifth Midwest Energy Policy Conference, which is being held this Thursday and Friday, Dec. 1-2, at the Millennium Hotel in downtown St. Louis.

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Alternative jet fuels cut particulate matter emissions

Posted by on November 11, 2011

Conventional jet fuel mixed with alternative fuels has been shown to cut particulate matter emissions from a plane’s engine by nearly 40 percent, according to a recent study by researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology.

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S&T researcher takes on Fight Club

Posted by on November 8, 2011

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.

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‘Thinking machines’ will run future power grids

Posted by on October 12, 2011

Thumbnail image for powergrid.JPGPlans 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, in an article published Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011.

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Rolla students collect water samples

Posted by on October 6, 2011

Sixty-three students from Rolla High School recently collected local water samples from ponds, streams and faucets as part of a project to analyze water in conjunction with representatives from Missouri University of Science and Technology.

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Rolla researchers predict they can cut cooling costs by 40 percent

Posted by on September 8, 2011

A research team from Missouri University of Science and Technology has been awarded $15,000 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop “smart” ventilation systems that could result in a 40 percent reduction in the cost of cooling your house.

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