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 Researchers from West Virginia University are part of a team that has won an R&D 100 Award, known as the “Oscars of Innovation.”

WVU’s Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute has launched a national search for six scientists to form the backbone of a new push into quantitative neuroscience – an interdisciplinary approach to studying how the nervous system processes information within the human brain.

For the second straight year, researchers at West Virginia University have received a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to study the use of composite materials for pipe design and gas transport.

A West Virginia University chemical engineering doctoral student has been selected to attend the P&G FIRST Conference, a three-day, all expenses paid program primarily intended for African American, Hispanic and Native American doctoral and postdoctoral scientists.

Two student organizations at West Virginia University teamed up to participate in flood relief efforts put together by the West Virginia Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

A West Virginia University engineering professor has been awarded $110,000 from the American Chemical Society’s Petroleum Research Fund to improve natural gas utilization processes.

Three WVU undergraduates have been awarded National Science Foundation-funded summer research fellowships with the National Institute for Standards and Technology, one of the leading research organizations in the world and home to four Nobel Prize winners. The NIST is a federal agency that develops technology, metrics and standards that are the basis for innovation and industrial competitiveness.

Four students atWest Virginia Universityhave been awarded fellowships from the National Science Foundation that will allow them to continue their studies at the graduate level.

Curiosity and tenacity are only two of the many descriptions one can give to Ryan Mezan and Zachary Short, this year’s Goldwater Scholarship recipients fromWest Virginia University.

Ready to take on the world,West Virginia University’slatest class of Foundation Scholars were announced Tuesday (May 17), representing top high school seniors from across the state. All five will be pursuing science-based careers, using their talents to make contributions in this world and beyond.