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Edward Oughton, associate professor of geography and geoinformation science in the College of Science, was recently awarded two grants from the National Science Foundation for space weather prediction and non-terrestrial cybersecurity.

From constructing an artificial star to capturing a 25-year timelapse of a supernova, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ is pioneering space exploration, research, and collaboration. And our mission into the final frontier brings students along for the ride.

Amanda Haymond Still is director of Undergraduate Student Research Initiatives and Internships, College of Science.

Breakthroughs in ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Department of Computer Science may result in more effective use of rescue robots.

Their study, published in the Journal of Proteome Research, involved extracting wheat proteins from three small leather cover samples obtained from the National Library of Medicine.

Nirmal Jeevi Ghimire awarded NSF Career Award for quantum science research on synthesis and study of magnetic topological materials

Comfort Ohajunwa, a rising senior at The Governor’s School @ Innovation Park on Mason’s Science and Technology Campus, first gained exposure to research through membership in Mason’s Aspiring Scientists Summer Internship Program (ASSIP) in the summer of 2020.

Faculty members Holly Matto, Padmanabhan Seshaiyer, Stephanie Carmack, and Nathalia Peixoto, and graduate student Matthew Scherbel, are working with Brightline Interactive to examine the effects of recovery cues, using virtual reality simulations, on neurophysiological regulation to prevent drug relapse.