Physicist Dr. Tiglet Besara doesn’t just study compound elements — he’s literally creating new ones. The associate professor in the physics, astronomy and materials science department at Missouri State University is an element explorer of sorts, specifically in a field known as novel materials exploration. This is the process of discovering new materials with unique … [Read more...] about Compound Creator: How one professor is rattling cages and harnessing energy
Sakidja is a professor in the department of physics, astronomy and materials science at Missouri State University, the nation’s only such combined department. Computational materials science uses modeling, simulation, theory and informatics to better understand materials. Sakidja’s research is varied, but his ultimate goal is the same. “Our overall research goal … [Read more...] about Celebrating collaborative research
"I remember those very clearly, mostly for how boring they were," said Reed, professor of astronomy at Missouri State University. "You waited forever for them to have a two-minute video, which was horribly fuzzy." Despite the lack of entertainment he seemed to get from watching the landings, they were one of the first things he thought of when deciding what to study in … [Read more...] about That rings a bell: Professor studies stars’ vibrations using space telescope
Science fiction writers from Issac Asimov to Roger Zelanzny have written about the coming age of robots and artificial intelligence for many years. Generations of viewers raised on “Star Trek,” “Star Wars” and even “The Jetsons” grew up expecting our world to be eventually populated by intelligent machines doing many of the mundane tasks for us. Believe it or not, two … [Read more...] about Fiction to fact: Researchers advancing artificial intelligence
“How do we harvest and store energy so that it’s done in a benign manner to the environment?” Mayanovic asked. “One of the things we’re aiming to do is to make energy conversion more efficient. One way to do that is to go with higher temperatures and pressures for the exchange and mediating fluids in energy-conversion reactors.” Although hydrogen is the simplest element – … [Read more...] about Hydrogen drives the future of energy