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A Prehistoric Forest Rises From a Farmer's Pond

November 28, 2007
By Jennifer Donovan

The remains of a forest that may have been covered by the last glacier to melt on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan more than 10,000 years ago has been found in a farmer's pond.

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Lecture Nov. 28 on Glacial Evidence for Global Warming

November 21, 2007
By Marcia Goodrich

Not just your everyday climate change, says renowned geologist.

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Michigan Tech Helps Solve Mystery of Cosmic Rays

November 8, 2007
By Jennifer Donovan

Massive black holes in the centers of galaxy are the source.

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Solving the World's Problems - One Byte at a Time

October 17, 2007
By Jennifer Donovan

Michigan Tech has joined the IBM World Community Grid, to put computers to work on pressing scientific and medical research when they would otherwise be idle.

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Michigan Tech, Yale Will Study Great Lakes Water

October 17, 2007
By Jennifer Donovan

Scientists at Michigan Technological University and Yale University have received a National Science Foundation grant of nearly $2 million to do a collaborative, interdisciplinary study of the water in the Great Lakes.

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Power Walking: A Backpack that Charges Your iPod?

October 16, 2007
By Marcia Goodrich

Harvesting energy through a walk in the woods

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Celebrating 50 Years of Wolf-Moose Research

October 10, 2007
By Jennifer Donovan

Michigan Tech scientists have been studying the interactions of the wolves and moose of Isle Royale National Park for 50 years.

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Global Warming Threatens Moose, Wolves

August 15, 2007
By Jennifer Donovan

Global warming may be the beginning of the end for the moose and wolves of Isle Royale National Park.

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NSF: Michigan Tech Research Up 12 Percent

August 2, 2007
By Marcia Goodrich

The National Science Foundation's report on research expenditures shows Michigan Technological University's research program grew 12 percent from FY2004 to FY2005, Provost and Vice President for Research David Reed told the Board of Control Aug. 2.

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Scientists on the Trail of Pine-Killing Wasp

July 20, 2007
By Marcia Goodrich

Scientists have found another exotic bug in Michigan that eats native trees, but at this point, it appears that the sirex woodwasp won’t cause quite the same devastation as the emerald ash borer.

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