Research

Sleep deprivation is common, and it can cause or exacerbate serious health problems. Jason Carter is studying sleep deprivation's links to high blood pressure and differences in the effects of sleep deprivation in men and women.

Russ Alger's special groomer turns powder into pavement.

Research by Michigan Tech and other American and Canadian researchers shows that frequent and severe forest fires have turned Alaskan black spruce forests from a carbon sink to a carbon source.

Study published in Nature Chemistry

The technique could someday shave thousands of dollars off the cost of doing archaeological research.

Rerouting traffic to avoid "pileups" on the radio spectrum superhighway

A new chamber at Michigan Tech will shed some light on the secret lives of clouds.

Michigan Tech has established the Michigan Tech Entrepreneurial Support Corporation (MTESC), a nonprofit corporation to help move early-stage discoveries from university labs to successful commercial enterprises.

Paul Sanders is working on an aluminum alloy tough enough to replace iron in brake rotors

Wayne Pennington, researcher and chair of geological and mining engineering and sciences, says Menominee County probably experienced a magnitude one or two earthquake.