The Southeastern Universities Research Association honored Maura McLaughlin, director of the Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology with the SURA Distinguished Scientist Award. The awards were presented […]
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Women in history
There’s a tongue-in-cheek joke that occasionally circulates on the internet: What did Watson and Crick discover? Rosalind Franklin’s notes. Franklin’s work in physical chemistry and X-ray diffraction […]
Representation matters
BY VAAGEESHA DAS My grandpa loved math. His passion for it spilled over to his four sons and his nine grandchildren. And because of that, math became […]
There’s a better way than fact-checking COVID posts
by Faye Flam The right and left may not agree on what constitutes misinformation, but both would like to see less of it on social media. And […]
What is infrasound?
When I’m speaking, my family members are able to hear the sound waves my mouth emits. They are able to then turn these sounds into ideas and […]
Exploring Venus
WVU engineers create software for aerobots WVU Today Engineers at West Virginia University are propelling exploration forward by creating control software for a group of aerial robots […]
How and when did life begin?
When we think of life on Earth today, we imagine diverse sets of animals and plants. Life also includes tiny unicellular organisms called bacteria, some of which […]
Science happening in real time
The phrase “grim milestone” has cropped up with such frequency in the last 20 months that it’s beginning to lose its meaning. Because West Virginia surpassed the […]
Full STEAM Ahead
Center won’t have formal office space That’s the thing about Elephant Toothpaste — it always makes an entrance. “Huh, what do you think about that?” Dr. Frederic […]
Watching out for falling rocks
WVU engineers seek ways to prevent them on rural roads WVU Today Drivers on winding West Virginia roads often encounter road damage caused by rockfalls, even if […]
