West Virginia Science & Research

WVU students receive NASA Space Grant fellowships

January 23, 2019January 23, 2019News

Eight students from West Virginia University’s Eberly College of Arts and Sciences have been awarded undergraduate fellowships from the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium for the 2018-2019 academic year. Each student will receive a Read More

WVU researchers pinpoint factor that predicts unplanned hospital readmissions

January 16, 2019January 16, 2019Newshealth science

New research from West Virginia University suggests a widely used index to assess hospital patients’ risk of readmission may have a blind spot. Physicians and nurses use a tool called the “LACE Read More

WVU’s Lorimer named associate dean for research in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

January 16, 2019January 16, 2019Newsphysics

Duncan Lorimer has been named the associate dean for research in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University. The associate dean for research is responsible for leading faculty in research, Read More

WVU physics student develops machine-learning model for energy and environmental applications

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019Newsphysics

A West Virginia University physics student has created a new machine-learning model that has the potential to make searching for energy and environmental materials more efficient. Gihan Panapitiya, a doctoral student from Sri Read More

Marshall School of Medicine professor earns national award for career achievements

January 11, 2019January 10, 2019Newschemistry, medicine, pharmacology

Gary O. Rankin, Ph.D., a professor and vice dean for basic sciences at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, has been named the recipient of the 2019 Career Award Read More

WVU professor’s work on detection of fast radio bursts detailed in Nature

January 10, 2019January 10, 2019News, West Virginia Universitycomputer science

When researchers first began working on the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment, or CHIME, they envisioned a radio telescope that would make precise measurements of the acceleration of the Universe Read More

Reimagining information processing at WVU

January 9, 2019News, West Virginia Universityphysics, quantum computing

Because technology is a part of our everyday lives, it may be difficult to imagine what the future of technology will look like, let alone what it has the potential Read More

WVU researchers find telemedicine may increase patients’ satisfaction with their medical care

January 3, 2019News, West Virginia Universitytelemedicine

Cardiovascular disease pervades Appalachia, yet many Appalachians live far from any heart and vascular specialist. Follow-up doctor’s visits in the weeks after cardiovascular surgery can involve hours-long drives down narrow, Read More

WVU doctoral candidate wins Facebook Emerging Scholar Fellowship

January 3, 2019January 8, 2019News, West Virginia Universitycomputer science

Claudia Flores-Saviaga, a doctoral candidate at West Virginia University, has won a 2019 Facebook Emerging Scholar Fellowship. The highly competitive fellowship is given to outstanding Ph.D. students from across the world Read More

Marshall physics professor to publish groundbreaking acoustic laser research

December 20, 2018January 3, 2019Marshall University, Newsphysics

Marshall University Physics Professor Dr. Thomas E. Wilson’s research on high-frequency acoustics has resulted in the discovery of the acoustic equivalent of a laser, and will be reported as a Rapid Read More