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◆ A National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit of five Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) awards to the University of Kansas Center for Research (KUCR) questioned $1,550,054 in direct and indirect costs. The largest amount, $625,532, stemmed from what auditors called “inappropriately retained indirect costs.” KUCR’s charges to NSF “exceeded costs paid to its subrecipients,” auditors said in the Jan. 7 report. Subrecipients,...

Technology that’s typically used to make patterned paper for the fashion industry could also be a used to mass-produce water purification systems and medical devices. Caitlin Howell, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Maine, has been working with Sappi North America in Westbrook to explore the use of the companys "patterned-release" paper for use in biotechnological applications.  The use of papermaking equipment could be a way to produce biotechnology dev...

Research led by the University of Wyoming shows that physical weathering is far more important than previously recognized in the breakdown of rock in mountain landscapes. Because it is difficult to measure, physical weathering has commonly been assumed to be negligible in previous studies. Cliff Riebe, a professor in UW’s Department of Geology and Geophysics, headed a research group that discovered that climate and erosion rates strongly regulate the relative importance of subsurface physical...

January 13, 2021 Brad Carr, a UW associate research scientist in geology and geophysics, uses the Geoprobe instrument to sample the subsurface in the foothills of the southern Sierra Nevada in California. Carr contributed to a study that was published in the Jan. 12 issue of Geology. The research shows that physical weathering is far more important than previously recognized in the breakdown of rock in mountain landscapes. (Sarah Granke Photo) Research led by the University of Wyoming shows tha...

Anisovolumetric weathering is much more common than previously thought, and variations in this process can be explained by climate and erosion.

Sanford Lab When Darin Newton graduated from the University of Montana with a master’s degree seven years ago, he fully expected to be working in his area of study: wildlife biology. When his wife, also a wildlife biologist, took a job in the Belle Fourche area, Newton began working as a kindergarten assistant and substitute teacher in the Belle Fourche school district. It was a temporary thing, meant to last only until he found a job in his field. But then something completely...

NSF invites scholars to partner across disciplines and with supporting organizations, entrepreneurs, and investors to form research collaborations to investigate the challenges and systemic barriers faced by science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) entrepreneurs from minority populations and Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) jurisdictions and the best practices for overcoming these barriers. The desired outcome of this DCL is to broaden awareness and gain i...