Asteroid samples offer insights into solar system evolution
Alex Meshik, research professor of physics and a faculty fellow in the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences in Arts & Sciences, won a $690,521 NASA grant.
Seed grant proposals sought
The McDonnell International Scholars Academy seeks proposals for its second cycle of Global Incubator Seed Grants. The submission deadline is Aug. 15.
OHMB recognizes Barch with Glass Brain Award
The Organization for Human Brain Mapping has awarded its Glass Brain Award to Deanna Barch, of Arts & Sciences and the School of Medicine, in recognition of her influential work on the function of the human brain.
Interlocking rings unlock new material properties
Researchers working with Jonathan Barnes, assistant professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, published new research showing how molecules with interlocking ring architectures can be functionalized and incorporated into three-dimensional polymer networks and materials.
Distance learning
Planetary scientist Paul Byrne explains why you should be impressed by the James Webb Space Telescope.
Guts and stardust
Kevin McKeegan, who earned his PhD in physics in Arts & Sciences in 1987, has had a storied career measuring the tiniest particles of the solar system.
Andreoli to research nuclear response functions
Lorenzo Andreoli, a postdoctoral research associate in physics in Arts & Sciences, has been selected for the Universities Research Association’s Visiting Scholars Program.
Nagulu teams on DARPA grant
Aravind Nagulu at the McKelvey School of Engineering is co-principal investigator on a $2.4 million federal grant that will help develop filters for next-generation wireless systems.
Giving metal to microbes could reduce greenhouse gas
Collaborative research from the labs of Daniel Giammar and Jeffrey Catalano finds a lack of available metals may be responsible for more nitrous oxide than previously thought.
SSRI use during pregnancy not related to childhood depression
New analysis of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study by Ryan Bogdan’s lab in Arts & Sciences finds no link to depression in children with prenatal exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) drugs.
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