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Science Weekly: Making batteries out of packing peanuts

March 24, 2015

The last thing you probably think about when you see packing peanuts is that they would make great battery material. Researchers at Purdue University have converted packing peanuts into high-performance,...

Sci-Fi Heroine: The science of procrastination

February 2, 2014

I would have titled this "The Art of Procrastination," because I turn procrastination into an art form, but then, I'm not the A&E editor; I'm the Science & Tech editor. I always have the intention...

Zoology faculty, students share 2013's new species favorites

January 26, 2014

In a time when technology has made the world seem so accessible, Earth can seem a smaller place than it is. Discovering a new species can add knowledge and expand the ever-shrinking world a little bit...

Sci-Fi Heroine: Hackers gone wild

January 11, 2014

The sound of a Boomer in "Left 4 Dead 2" is a notorious sound. The gurgling belching noises cause you to spin in the direction it may have been coming from. You don't want to get in a Boomer's way. However,...

Science Weekly: Harvard has breakthrough on renewable energy

January 11, 2014

Harvard scientists are at it again. This time, the scientists and engineers at Harvard University have demonstrated a new type of battery that could possibly change the way electricity is stored. This...

EPA reports Weber County among worst air quality in US

January 6, 2014

On the top floor of Weber State University's Elizabeth Hall, students can see the stretch of Ogden laid out before them, but lately, a brown haze has settled across the landscape. The U.S. Environmental...

WSU bookstore features 3-D printing technology

December 1, 2013

Three-dimensional printers are still a relatively new technology, but they are also a fast-developing technology that seem limitless as to what they can create. Weber State University students can see...

Science Weekly: First bionic implant being developed to fight mental illness

November 27, 2013

Scientists at the University of Wollongong in Australia have developed an innovative brain implant to help treat people who suffer from mental illnesses. Professor Xu-Feng Huang is leading researchers...

Sci-Fi Heroine: How supervillains are made

November 27, 2013

If I lived in a world that made it possible, I would be a supervillain or, at the very least, an antihero. There, I admitted it to all of Weber State University that, if push came to shove, I would probably...

Sci-Fi Herione: Gamer girls vs. female gamers

November 16, 2013

Oh, look, a cord . . . let me chew on it awhile. The Internet is littered with pictures of girls licking Xbox controllers, chewing on their cords, or lying down half naked with games and controllers...

Undergrad research prepares students for future

November 16, 2013

Many students stand on the precipice of a future after being bundled in the confines of their institution, wondering what comes next for them as they don that cap and gown. Confidence for stepping into...

Science Weekly: Scientists successfully test invisibility cloaking

November 15, 2013

Invisibility cloaking has been something from science fiction for decades — but now two researchers in the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have successfully demonstrated...

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