Articles by Michigan Technological University

Study finds that seven out of eight oil pipelines in the US responsible for facilitating the largest amount of carbon emissions are not American

As demand for smaller and faster devices grows, scientists and engineers turn to materials with properties that can deliver when existing ones lose their punch

Recent study indicates that blasts that create gamma-ray bursts may actually exceed the speed of light in surrounding gas clouds, but do so without violating Einstein's theory of relativity

Synthetic chemicals are ever-present in modern life—in our medications, cosmetics and clothing—but what happens to them when they enter our municipal water supplies?

One hundred. That's the number researchers argue is a pragmatic quantity of nuclear weapons for any nation to have

A research team led by Michigan Technological University set out to find what makes STEM integration tick

About half of the landfills in the US collect and burn methane, mitigating the danger but still contributing to atmospheric methane and carbon dioxide levels

MTU assistant professor Emily Dare and her team found that there is less consistency in teaching practices for STEM than the K-12 educational community may assume

An MTU research team has created a heat-releasing reaction between carbon dioxide and sodium to synthesize 3-D surface-microporous graphene

A person doesn't have to get sick to catch a virus. Researchers hope to catch viruses for detection and vaccinations by understanding their sticky outer layers