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State scientific experts will share what they learned during a five-year grant study that aimed to answer fundamental questions about two priorities aligning with both state and federal interests: water Read More

If West Virginia wants to attract the high-tech employers and federal research dollars it needs to diversify its economy, then the state must develop its science, technology, engineering and math Read More

In 2014, around 10,000 gallons of a coal-washing chemical called MCHM spilled into the Elk River near Charleston, affecting 30,000 residents in nine counties. Two years later, floods ravaged central Read More

According to researchers at Marshall University, a maternal diet rich in Omega-3 fatty acids protects from breast cancer development in offspring. In a new study recently published by Frontiers in Cell and Read More

West Virginia State University (WVSU) has received a $599,679 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to expand research that develops rootstocks for watermelon crops. “We hope to Read More

The culmination of three years of dedication, research excellence and the work of nearly 90 students across multiple disciplines has propelled the West Virginia University EcoCAR team to a successful finish in Read More

The West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) today (June 14) announced the first procedure in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, and among the first in the U.S., to use new deep brain Read More

A West Virginia University biologist is working to cultivate a bumper crop of young scientists through the study of wild orchids – and the fungi they eat.  As WVU’s latest National Science Read More

Picture viral RNA as a single component that you can break into one million pieces.  Now imagine reassembling those pieces together, literally like a jigsaw puzzle.  If there’s a chipped Read More