Faculty from the physics, astronomy and materials science department have been spending the summer sharing the excitement of science with students in the community.
Dr. Mike Reed, professor of astronomy at Missouri State University, and two of his students explain their research of the night sky.
In physicist Dr. Robert Mayanovic’s laboratory at Missouri State University, which is one of 12 partner institutions in the United States funded through the Department of Energy’s Energy Frontier Research in Extreme Environments (EFree) center, he and his students are researching materials to extract hydrogen more efficiently to make it a readily available energy source.
March marks the beginning of tornado chasing season, and residents of the Ozarks are all too aware of the devastation tornadoes can cause. According to Dr. Emmett Redd, professor of physics at Missouri State University, the inner workings of this natural phenomenon highlight the principles of physics.
Skin cancer is the most common of all cancers. According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 76,690 new cases of melanoma have been diagnosed in the United States in 2013. Dr. Robert Delong, associate professor of biomedical sciences at Missouri State University, is committed to finding a better treatment solution.