Research
Grad student researches improvised explosive devices by making his own
Phillip Mulligan is trying to make improvised explosive devices more powerful with the idea of eventually making them less deadly.
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 »The rubber is hitting the road at Missouri S&T
Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology are investigating ways to use rubber and resin from the guayule plant to help pave roads.
Read More »S&T researcher gets stimulus funds to recycle silicon
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu recently announced the funding of 24 new solar projects as part of the nation’s economic stimulus efforts. One of the projects involves research at Missouri University of Science and Technology, where Dr. Lifeng Zhang is working on methods to recycle silicon wastes generated in the production of solar wafers.
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.
Earthquake recording stations to be located in Missouri
As part of a National Science Foundation initiative called EarthScope, 43 earthquake recording stations will be placed in Missouri and southern Iowa in 2010-2011. Dr. Stephen Gao, a seismologist in the geology and geophysics program at Missouri University of Science and Technology, is working with four students from Missouri universities to conduct field surveys and identify locations for the stations.
Read More »S&T’s Scholars’ Mine garners more than 200,000 downloads
It’s only been around for a couple of years, but Missouri S&T’s Scholars’ Mine, a free digital collection of the university’s scholarly work, is getting global attention. Materials from the repository have been downloaded more than 200,000 times throughout the world.
Read More »Researchers partner to curtail explosives’ effects
Researchers from Missouri S&T are partnering with ten other universities to improve the safety of buildings and other structures by reducing the impact of explosives.
Read More »S&T students hunt for fossils near Egyptian pyramids
A research team from Missouri University of Science and Technology recently went fossil hunting in Egypt.
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