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 grime milestone of […]
Tag: science
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 Bertley asked, while […]
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 they aren’t present […]
Why do humans speak?
I once saw a post that described communicating as “emitting sound waves from one person’s mouth that go into another person’s ears and are then converted into brain waves.” It’s […]
School district resubmits its STEM request to the SBA
MORGANTOWN — Looking for the perfect Christmas for the school superintendent who has everything? You can’t go wrong with a check containing a figure and a kite tail of zeros, […]
Millipede species, rarely documented in West Virginia, detected by WVU researchers as part of National Geographic project
Sometimes discoveries are hidden in plain sight. Or under a decomposing log, as in the case of one West Virginia University forest pathologist and mycologist. Upon the WVU Animal Science […]
A look at what makes up life
All life has seven characteristics in common: they have some sort of order, respond to changes in their environment, reproduce, grow and develop, regulate themselves, do things to maintain homeostasis, […]
Insect-inspired Robots
WVU researcher’s creations could change space exploration, agriculture, mining WVU Today A West Virginia University engineer is combining the study of neuroscience and robotics to better understand the nervous system […]
What, exactly, is cancer?
My grandfather died of neck cancer about five years ago. Cancer has always been this invisible enemy that has haunted me and so many people I know. Scientists in the […]
Shouldn’t most woodpeckers have brain damage?
If I slammed my mouth against a tree over and over again, I would definitely sustain some serious, lifelong injuries. And I’m sure every other human could attest to this. […]
