Science & Mathematics

North American wolf empowers flowers

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Seth Bauguess

Photo of the large-flowered white trillium, a wildflower that grows in the forests of the upper Midwest.

A lush thicket several feet high flanks a clearing on the forest floor. A marsh lies on the other side… Continue reading →

Researcher gets major funding to investigate premature births

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Jim Hannah

Photo of Wright State research Thomas Brown.

Preterm babies are born earlier than 37 weeks into a normal 40-week pregnancy, however exactly what causes premature births has long baffled experts. Continue reading →

Wright State student to study stem cells at San Diego’s Salk Institute

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Seth Bauguess

Photo of Wright State President David R. Hopkins and Aaron Shank.

Wright State University biomedical engineering student Aaron Shank had been accepted to one of the most prestigious… Continue reading →

Wright State students working to preserve rare Himalayan animal

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Jim Hannah

Photo of professor Thomas Rooney holding a book in front of a book case.

A rare Himalayan goat-like animal called the grey goral… Continue reading →

Aviation Psychology Symposium

This week at Wright State

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Jim Hannah

The need to improve cockpit displays for threats such as wind shear… Continue reading →

Wright State ecologist probes mystery of nutrient-poor, fish-rich African lake

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Wright State Media Team

Lake Tanganyika in east Africa is the second deepest lake in the world. Most of the lake’s massive volume of water sits in its dark depths, where a lack of oxygen makes it impossible for fish and other animals … Continue reading →

Virtual combat training

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Jim Hannah

It’s a world within a world.

Inside that world, enemy snipers rain their fire down on U.S. soldiers as they patrol the streets of some strange and faraway urban war zone. Continue reading →