Research

Missouri S&T researchers look to make environmentally friendly

Posted by on April 16, 2008

Every year, more than 30 billion water bottles are added to America’s landfills, creating a mountainous environmental problem. But if research at Missouri University of Science and Technology is successful, the plastic bottles of the future could literally disappear within four months of being discarded.

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Missouri S&T researcher develops new method for cancer screening

Posted by on March 28, 2008

Ongoing research at Missouri University of Science and Technology has uncovered a new method for the early detection of cancer with the potential to save millions of lives.

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Missouri S&T, Army look to hydrogen to lighten soldiers’ load

Posted by on March 26, 2008

Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology are developing a portable, hydrogen-generating power system to power everything from laptops to communications gear for soldiers in the battlefield.

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Missouri S&T students create fun recruitment software

Posted by on February 18, 2008

A group of undergraduate students at Missouri University of Science and Technology is designing fun recruitment software to “kill the nerd stereotype” and help interest younger students, especially women, in computer science.

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Materials can come from the mind, not just the mines

Posted by on February 1, 2008

Dr. Julia E. Medvedeva, assistant professor of physics at Missouri University of Science and Technology, believes materials can come from the mind, not just the mines.

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Building blocks go green at Missouri S&T

Posted by on January 31, 2008

Dr. John Myers, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, is developing an environmentally friendly construction material with advantages over traditional clay bricks and concrete masonry blocks.

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Missouri S&T gets a microscope that magnifies objects a million

Posted by on January 31, 2008

Missouri University of Science and Technology has a new research toy — a focused ion beam (FIB) scanning electron microscope that is capable of shrinking images of objects a million times and then etching them on the head of a pin.         

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Researchers at Missouri S&T plan to help maximize the state’s

Posted by on January 29, 2008

Dr. Scott Grasman, associate professor of engineering management and systems engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, is helping the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) develop software to assess future projects involving the state’s waterways.

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Missouri S&T researchers developing aircraft emissions testing

Posted by on January 22, 2008

Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have been awarded a $579,951 grant from the Naval Air War Center to study aviation emissions at the university’s Center of Excellence for Aerospace Particulate Emissions Research.

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Missouri S&T chemist developing treatment for HIV-related dementia

Posted by on January 14, 2008

A National Institutes of Health grant is helping fund a Missouri University of Science and Technology chemist’s research into the treatment of HIV-1 associated dementia.

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