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Great Lakes / University Research

Lake Superior conservation event at Michigan Tech to detail environmental challenges

HOUGHTON — The Lake Superior watershed’s conservation history – one of both degradation and recovery – provides road maps to a more resilient future, says environmental historian Nancy Langston. “I …

App Development / Hydrology / Software / University Research

Michigan Tech part of NSF grant to build flood warning system using crowdsourced data

HOUGHTON – When flood waters rise, more data helps better predict and monitor changing conditions. And soon there will be an app for that. The National Science Foundation (NSF) HAS …

University Research

Research spending at Michigan Tech hits all-time high

HOUGHTON — Research expenditures at Michigan Technological University reached an all-time high according to preliminary figures presented to the University’s Board of Trustees at its regular meeting Friday, Sept. 28. …

Advanced Materials / Solar Power / University Research

Black and blue: different silicon drops cost of solar cells

HOUGHTON — At the end of one of the hottest summers on record, as fights rage on about how to power homes, renewable solar energy continues to present as an …

Ecology / Natural Resources / University Research

Endangered Species Act is popular — so why are politicians trying to gut it?

HOUGHTON — In the past two years, nearly 150 amendments, bills and legislative riders have aimed to weaken the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The law is often portrayed — by …

Engineering Education / Nonprofits

DENSO Foundation awards nearly $1M STEM grants to 25 colleges, universities

SOUTHFIELD — The DENSO North American Foundation announced that it will donate naerly $1 million in funding to 25 institutions of higher learning across North America to support science, technology, …

Civil Engineering / Environmental Engineering / Pollution / Water Resources

Break it down: Understanding chemical byproducts in water treatment

HOUGHTON — Synthetic chemicals are ever-present in modern life — in our medications, cosmetics and clothing — but what happens to them when they enter our municipal water supplies? We …

Geology

Michigan Tech faculty, alumni offer dispatches from Kilauea

HOUGHTON — Volcanoes are an ongoing source of fear and fascination for humanity. The heat and destructive power are both harbingers of destruction and heralds of creation. Kīlauea, Hawaii’s youngest …

Biology / Ecology / University Research

Michigan Tech’s 60th Isle Royale wolf-moose study finds wolves struggling to survive

HOUGHTON – Researchers from Michigan Technological University have released the annual Winter Study report detailing updates on the ecology of Isle Royale National Park. For the third year in a …

Bioengineering / Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment / University Research

In Michigan Tech research, a fluorescent probe IDs cancer cells fast

HOUGHTON – Determining the presence of cancer, as well as its type and malignancy, is a time-consuming process – patients can wait up to two stressful weeks for a diagnosis. …

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