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Morgantown History Museum ready to premiere documentary series

MORGANTOWN — He's a cobbler, a 50s-era rock n' roll star and the unofficial mayor of Osage. Now Al Anderson is about to become the first subject of the documentary series “Morgantown Memories,” produced by the Morgantown History Museum. The episode will premiere at the museum, located ...

WVU researchers hope to make, sell baking soda from carbon dioxide to defer costs of technology

WVU researchers want to make baking soda from carbon dioxide. Research  will focus on turning carbon dioxide in power plant flue gas into commercial-quality sodium bicarbonate — baking soda — aiming to use product sales to lower the cost of carbon capture technology, according to a press release from WVU. Current techniques can increase the cost of the cleanest coal-fired ultrasupercritical power plants by more than 50 percent, according to data in the annual technology baseline report by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The $1 million project is being funded by the U.S. ...

WVU’s robotic heart surgery team is training the world

MORGANTOWN -- WVU’s Heart & Vascular Institute has gone beyond cutting edge – to not just perform but to become one of the few places in the country to teach robotic heart surgery. “Having access to this technology is not just having access but having nation-leading access,” ...

Looking back, Will Grier’s fumble changes course of game vs. Oklahoma State

STILLWATER, Okla.  — At the time it happened, one of the most momentous plays of West Virginia’s 45-41 loss didn’t feel all that significant. Rolling out on a naked bootleg, Mountaineers quarterback Will Grier was stopped well short of a first down by Oklahoma State safety Malcolm ...