Research

Market Research 101 will be held Monday (Oct. 23) at noon in room 413 of Evansdale Crossing. This workshop is aimed at helping entrepreneurs navigate the market research process.

The University’s new Inhalation Facility will be the home for research and collaborations that measure, identify and discover how the particles we breathe affect our health. Timothy Nurkiewicz, a microvascular physiologist in the School of Medicine’s Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, is the director of the new lab.

The next Research Administrators Round Table sessions will be held Oct. 24 from 9:30 a.m to 11 a.m. in the Shenandoah Room in the Mountainlair and Oct. 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. in Room 2116 Health Sciences Center North. Changes to Grants.gov and the transition to Grants.gov Workspace, which becomes effective Jan. 1, will be discussed.

For the first time, scientists have directly detected gravitational waves—ripples in space and time—from the spectacular collision of two neutron stars. Light from the collision was also observed by telescopes, marking the first time that a cosmic event has been viewed in both gravitational waves and light.

With a national reputation as a leader in rare earth extraction research, West Virginia University is poised to take another step in developing a domestic supply of rare earth minerals that are critical to national defense and U.S. economic security.

Researchers and entrepreneurs pitching energy innovations they hope will change the world! That’s what’s happening at the 2017 TransTech EnergyBusiness Development Conference Oct. 24-25 at the Hilton Garden Inn-Southpointe near Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Innovators from West Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic region will pitch technologies for increasing battery storage, capturing energy from ambient radio frequency waves and building vibrations, converting grease trap waste to biofuel, and more.