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Andropogon virginicus (A) Bud stage; (B) Flowering stage; (C) Spikelets Native to the southeastern United States, a weedy grass has spread northward to Canada and also made its way to Australia and Japan. Andropogon virginicus grows densely packed and up to seven feet tall, disrupting growth patterns of other plants and competing for resources. When burned, it grows back stronger. There is no way to effectively remove the weed once it has invaded. But there might be a way to use it to human adv...

Over 10,000 kids will take part in Girl Day. This event started on Saturday, Feb. 20, and will go until the first of March.

February 10, 2021 Indiana Wesleyan University is exploring the possibility of adding an Engineering program that will offer four concentration areas in Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. Pending full accreditation approval from the Higher Learning Commission, the program will likely launch in Fall 2022. “Establishment of an engineering degree with various concentrations provides IWU students with another academic option in a growing...

College Awards Every spring, the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences recognizes outstanding students for academics, service, research, teaching, and leadership. Below are the honorees for 2019. Student awardees at the 2019 Honors and Awards Ceremony: Julia Funk, Hailey Mundell, Thomas Randall, John Kimsey, Jake Flynn, Sakib Khan, Gabriel Carrillo, Sarah Baum, Sarah Sandler, Hannah Cash, Morgan Witherspoon, Alison Balthaser. Robert W. Moorman Award Dr. Robert W. Moorman was t...

 E-Mail IMAGE: A possible mechanism for the formation of chiral N,N-acetal via reaction between 2-aminobenzamide and α-ketoester in presence of chiral bis(imidazoline)-phosphoric acid catalyst view more  Credit: Picture courtesy: Shuichi Nakamura from NITech A lot of our medicines and other bioactive drugs are based on chemical structures called "enantiomers"-- molecules that are mirror images of each other and are non-superimposable. Notable among them are chiral N,N-acetals contain...

The former Farmland site is seen in this aerial photograph on Monday, July 1, 2013. Lawrence city leaders have approved spending another $208,000 to further study contamination levels at the former Farmland Industries fertilizer plant, but they emphasized that the most difficult decisions about the site’s cleanup were still ahead. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to authorize a second addition to its contract with GHD Services Inc., which the cit...

Lawrence City Hall is pictured in September 2018. A new traffic campaign wants to encourage Lawrence drivers to think about more than just getting to their destination. Lawrence residents have long voiced concerns about speeding in neighborhoods and some motorists’ disregard for pedestrians and cyclists, and a new City of Lawrence campaign hopes to help address the problem. On Monday, the city launched the Safer Neighborhood Speeds education campaign, which has a slogan of “It starts with ...

Jain (Deemed-to-be) University Jain (Deemed-to-be) Universitys educational model is to bring in the industry certifications, guarantee placement programs and study abroad at California Riverside (USA) ANI | Updated: Jan 18, 2021 12:19 IST Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], January 18 (ANI/PRNewswire): The university faculty at Jain (Deemed-to-be University) believe that teaching is the art of building minds and souls of generations. Their passion is to impart t...

Controversial UD climate professor reassigned from White House role after producing unauthorized papers Jeff Neiburg, Delaware News Journal Biden rolled out his climate and environment team Replay Video UP NEXT A University of Delaware professor and climate change skeptic was reassigned this week by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy after he and another man published controversial papers without White House approval, the Washington Post reported. © The ...

 E-Mail IMAGE: In the proposed method, carrier lifetime measurements are made in the region were the excitation and probe lasers intersect, which progressively varies as the position of the sample is changed. view more  Credit: Photo courtesy: Masashi Kato from Nagoya Institute of Technology Silicon carbide (SiC), a versatile and resistant material that exists in multiple crystalline forms, has attracted much attention thanks to its unique electronic properties. From its use in the fi...