Like other cells in the body, heart cells contain mitochondria, which act like tiny powerhouses. Just as a car can’t run well if its engine is faulty, cells can’t do Read More
Fairmont State University and its partners throughout the state have received over $2.6 million dollars to continue funding West Virginia’s FIRST2 STEM Student Success Alliance. The funding is part of Read More
A West Virginia University astronomer is working to locate the origin of fast radio bursts coming from outside the Milky Way Galaxy. Sarah Burke-Spolaor, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Read More
West Virginia State University (WVSU) senior Edgar Lopez-Torres was one of 63 students from throughout the nation selected as 2018 HBCU Competitive Scholars by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Read More
A team of higher education professionals recently received federal funding for an initiative to support rural, first-generation students interested in completing a degree in a science, technology, engineering or mathematics Read More
Marshall University mathematics students Kira Owsley and Adam O’Neal, along with Associate Professor Dr. Michael Schroeder, traveled to Singapore in July to present research on discrete mathematics as part of Read More
While many students enter college without the necessary skills to study and learn effectively, they can cultivate positive study habits after they arrive. A new cross-unit collaboration will help move WV Read More
Two West Virginia University School of Medicine researchers have received $2.38 million from the National Institutes of Health to build a one-of-a-kind pre-clinical imaging system that integrates PET-scan technology with a magnet-based imaging Read More
You’re taking a walk, and you hear a dog growl. Is it behind you or in front of you? Two houses down or at your heels? The calyx of Held, Read More
Marshall University and its Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine have been awarded a five-year, $2.62 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help launch Read More