Research

Research led by scientists from Michigan Tech's School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science has identified the molecular mechanism that poplar trees use to adapt to changing soil conditions, as well as some of the genes that turn the process on or off.

Physics professors David Nitz and Brian Fick are co-recipients of the 2010 Michigan Tech Research Award for their work with the international Auger Observatory.

Researchers from Japan and Michigan Tech have built a molecular computer using lessons learned from the human brain.

Michigan Tech researchers' annual report on the wolves and moose of Isle Royale shows that the numbers of wolves and wolf packs is declining in the national park.  

Tech students research and create new sporting pigeons and a device to throw them.

2010 Undergraduate Research Expo award winners are announced.

Geology assistant professor Simon Carn studies the recent Iceland volcano eruption with satellite data, looking at sulfur dioxide content of the ash cloud and the cloud's affect on air traffic.

The Michigan Space Grant Consortium has funded 27 projects with grants totaling $105,000.

A Puerto Rican high school Enterprise team brings their underwater robots to Michigan Tech's Undergraduate Research Expo.

The spotlight is on undergraduate research at the 10th Annual Undergraduate Research Expo.