Research & Science
Materials Science Research Receives Grant for New X-ray Scattering Instrument
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute soon will be home to a new X-ray scattering instrument capable of examining materials in scales from as small as a fraction of a nanometer to as large as several micrometers.
Geology Professor and Science Historian Co-Author Article Exploring Eunice Foote’s Climate Experiments From 1856
Recently, Joseph Ortiz, Ph.D., professor and assistant chair in the Department of Geology in Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’s College of Arts and Science, partnered with Sir Roland Jackson, Ph.D., a historian of science at the Royal Institution and the Department of Science and Technology Studies at University College London, to co-author a paper assessing the experiments described in Eunice Foote’s papers from a detailed quantitative perspective and to place them in historical context. They point out the differences between her hypothesis and that of the modern greenhouse effect.
2020 BHRI Undergraduate Fellows Cap Off a Great Summer Research Experience
Ten undergraduate students from nine different majors had extraordinary research experiences as Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI) Fellows during summer 2020.
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Nursing Researcher Awarded $1.5 Million, Three-Year Grant to Advance Nurse Education Within Integrated Care Settings
The Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, recently awarded a $1.5 million, three-year grant to Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University College of Nursing research faculty member Jim Tudhope, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC (principal investigator) and his team.
Honorary Degree Conferred Upon Renowned Neuroscientist Alumnus
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University has conferred an honorary Doctor of Science degree on alumnus Earl K. Miller, Ph.D., a world-renowned neuroscientist.
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s New Undergraduate Neuroscience Major Thrives
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University introduced a Bachelor of Science degree in Neuroscience in fall 2019, and since the launch, the major has had tremendous growth. Enrollment is projected to surpass majors that have been at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State for years.
NSF Funds Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Research Team’s Interdisciplinary Study of Plant Biodiversity
Scientists have long recognized that biodiverse ecosystems are more stable and productive. What makes ecosystems diverse is having many species living together in the same place. But what factors allow for the success of the species in diverse communities? Are there some species that just can’t live…
BioBlack Team Brings Home Award From Biodesign Challenge
A team of Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State students took home the Outstanding Science Award from the Biodesign Challenge Summit 2020 held in June.
Opinion: I Hope We Can Move to Action. I Hope I Can Move to Action.
I wonder, how do I decide how to act in recognition of that disturbing dynamic? Michael Kavulic, Ph.D., director of research strategic initiatives in Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’s Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, shares his inner thoughts as an ally.
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Mathematicians Win NSF Grant to Study Complex But Important Geometry Problems
The National Science Foundation believes Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University mathematicians Artem Zvavitch, Ph.D., and Dmitry Ryabogin, Ph.D., are having worthwhile conversations about some age-old unsolved problems, and it has provided support to keep the discussion going for another three years.