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WVU Biology Professor Kevin Daly stands in his laboratory where he researches brain circuits. Daly was awarded $1.6 million from the National Science Foundation to expand his area of research.

WVU researcher making sense of brain circuits with $1.6M NSF grant

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WVU researcher making sense of brain circuits with $1.6M NSF grant

Peng Li

Chemistry professor receives $500,000 from National Science Foundation to develop portable diagnostic devices

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 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – A research project led by Dr. Peng Li, assistant professor of chemistry in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, received $500,000 in continuing grant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Peng Li

WVU researcher makes magnetic reconnection breakthrough, may help predict space weather

WVU researcher makes magnetic reconnection breakthrough, may help predict space weather

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A West Virginia University postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Physics and Astronomy has made a breakthrough in the study of magnetic reconnection, which could prevent space storms from wreaking havoc on the Earth’s satellite and power grid systems.

New WVU bioenergy model provides reduced-carbon renewable energy source

New WVU bioenergy model provides reduced-carbon renewable energy source

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An innovative bioenergy model developed at West Virginia University called “FUN-BioCROP” will help farmers better man age production while also boosting a renewable energy source that will not increase atmospheric carbon dioxide.

A coalition of West Virginia University researchers is working together to address the state’s most pressing water issues through Bridge, a campus-wide science and technology policy, leadership and communications initiative. The impetus for the initiative is to translate the work of WVU researchers to policymakers as part of the University’s land-grant mission.

A new initiative aims to bridge the gap between science and policy, names inaugural faculty fellows

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More than two dozen WVU researchers are addressing the state's most pressing water issues through the Bridge Initiative's Waters of West Virginia project.

West Virginia University researchers are part of a team that was recently awarded $17 million from the National Science Foundation for the renewal of the NANOGrav Physics Frontiers Center. Maura McLaughlin and Sarah Burke-Spolaor, both faculty in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, will direct WVU’s $3.9 million share of the award.

West Virginia University Advances Collaborative Research as NSF Funds NANOGrav Physics Frontiers Center

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West Virginia University researchers are part of a team that was recently awarded $17 million from the National Science Foundation for the renewal of the NANOGrav Physics Frontiers Center. 

Researchers, led by Rachel Stein, associate professor of sociology, analyzed obituary information published in an Amish/Mennonite newspaper to examine excess death among this segment of the population in 2020. Their results are published in the Journal of Religion and Health.

Death and religion: ‘Excess deaths’ sweep through Amish and Mennonite communities during COVID-19 pandemic

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Sunday church service in Amish country is more than just belting out hymns, reading Bible passages and returning home an hour later to catch a football game or nap. 

For some folks, however, reentering society - after a deadly pandemic shuttered the world for a good chunk of one year - can be a bit terrifying. Kevin Larkin, chair of the West Virginia University Department of Psychology, equates it to entering the deep end of a cold pool: You can either dip your toe into the shallow part and edge toward deeper water or dive headfirst into the deep end. Either way, it’s all about habituation, a process in which one’s response to a stimulus decreases after repeated or prolonged exposure to that stimulus.

Dip your toe – or dive right in: WVU psychologists spill advice on reentering the world post-COVID

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Slowly, but surely, America is returning to some semblance of normalcy.

Sounds like crickets chirping and the taste of warm buckwheat pancakes can spark the senses of people with dementia — a fact faculty and students at West Virginia University used to develop a way for those people to experience parts of their cultural past and to relieve stress for their caregivers.

Reminiscing with confidence

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Sounds like crickets chirping and the taste of warm buckwheat pancakes can spark the senses of people with dementia — a fact faculty and students at West Virginia University used to develop a way for those people to experience parts of their cultural past and to relieve stress for their caregivers.

New research from West Virginia University is transforming understanding of the Mountain State’s famous landscape – and identifying ways to preserve it. As WVU’s latest NSF CAREER Award winner, Assistant Professor of Geography Aaron Maxwell will use big data to map what the surface of West Virginia looked like over the last 60 years. The funding includes $636,785 over five years. Maxwell will use data analytics and advanced computational methods to extract valuable information from existing geospatial data over wide regions of the state. Through these methods, his research can increase our understanding of natural landscapes and how they change over time.

Mapping the past, present and future of West Virginia

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New geography research is transforming understanding of the Mountain State’s famous landscape – and identifying ways to preserve it.