Building a Better America. See a new series of fact sheets from The Science Coalition on the importance of federal funding of scientific research. Innovation fueled by scientific research has been a cornerstone of America's economy for the last half-century, leading to the creation of countless companies, jobs, technologies and products. Read more.
Watch and Listen to a Science Roundtable discussion among media and winners of the Presidential Early-Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), including Noah Cowan (above) of Johns Hopkins University.
Watch, Read and Listen to a Science Roundtable discussion among media and university research officers, including Terri Lomax (above) of North Carolina State University.
University Research Contributing to a Safer America
Scientific research conducted at universities across the country is helping to make our nation safer and more secure. From nano-materials research to mine engineering, and plasma physics to differential reflectometry, and behavioral science to biosystems, science is at the core of the tools, technologies and policies that aim to keep us safe.
UNIVERSITY SCIENCE TODAY
WVU researcher probes mysteries of tornados
From the MGM-produced twister that swept up Dorothy’s house in 1939’s The Wizard of Oz to today’s Storm Chasers and Weather Channel exclusives, tornadoes and their destructive potential have long held the interest of many. It’s a highly American phenomenon, this fascination with funnel clouds, largely because they occur in the central United States more frequently than anywhere else on earth.
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