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The view from the third floor of the new Geosciences, Physics and Engineering and Physical Sciences Hall at Fort Lewis College is an impressive one -- the San Juan Mountains rise prominently to the north while the desert Southwest edges up to the base of the range, the confluence of which marks the boundaries of the small city of Durango, CO. 

Resistance to antimicrobial agents is a worldwide problem. Not only do bacteria mutate to become resistant, they can acquire resistance genes from other bacteria. Using a structure-based strategy, researchers seek to identify new drugs which can inhibit this transfer and so limit the development of antimicrobial resistance.

Non-woven materials have fiber network structures and present some good physical properties, like high porosity, high mechanical strength and high toughness.

TeraPore Technologies, the developer of advanced nanofiltration membrane systems for bioprocess and other applications, announced that it has completed a $6M Series A financing round.

One of the cool things about nanoparticles is also what makes them so difficult to work with: the fact that their properties are dependent on their size.

Beverly J. Martin (BJM) Elementary School is located in downtown Ithaca and is a vibrant, diverse community, with a wide range of learners and a cohort of students struggling to become more proficient in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

The CHESS-U upgrade requires the construction and installation in CESR of a large number (~100) of new magnets.

Human carbonic anhydrase IX (CA IX) is an enzyme upregulated in tumorigenic tissue that is being targeted by small molecules as a potential cancer therapy.