The key to insect success may be their wings. That’s what Terry Gullion, professor of chemistry in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, has learned by studying the chemical composition of insect wings — something that has not been examined in detail until now.
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Chris Vandervort, technology-to-market advisor for the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy, will give an overview of ARPA-E and its role as a branch of the Department of Energy at 11 a.m. Wednesday (April 12) on Zoom.
Join the Office of Technology Transfer for a discussion about ways of sharing data that balance the benefits and minimize the risk at 1 p.m Tuesday (April 11) on Zoom.
University researchers will continue to develop and advance their pioneering method to extract and separate rare earth elements and critical minerals from acid mine drainage and coal waste, courtesy of $8 million in new funding from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Amy Welsh and Chris Rota with the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design are studying the habits and habitats of two West Virginia lagomorphs: the Appalachian cottontail and the snowshoe hare.
Ore, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Geology and Geography, discovered his research niche at the intersection of machine learning and seismic interpretation upon enrolling in graduate school at WVU.