Research Snapshots

Virtual postcards from Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø researchers
  • Aerial image of a marsh along the seacoast of Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø.

    Monitoring Marsh Transformations with Drones

    New aerial imagery helps researchers monitor changes in the health and longevity of Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø's coastal marshes. Read More
  • Two people in white Tyvek suits examine a thin flat disk under a blue ultraviolet light that detects dust.

    Light Work

    Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø scientists are building components for NASA's IMAP mission that will map the boundaries of our heliosphere. Read More
  • A model skull with a large metal "patch" on it

    Skull Scare

    TSA agents at the Pittsburgh airport got a scare recently, when Ph.D. candidate Elizabeth Mamros ’23G sent her research — which aims to create... Read More
  • People bundled up in winter gear hold a long white tube to measure soil frost amidst a snowy forest.

    Frosty Field Work

    Wearing their warmest winter garb, graduate students from Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø and the University of Maine, along with three Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø faculty members, braved the extreme... Read More
  • Scanning electron microscope image of ant head, colored red and blue

    Extreme Close-Up, Ant Edition

    Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø's University Instrumentation Center imaged the head of a leafcutter ant using its scanning electron microscope. Read More
  • Search-and-rescue dog runs toward the camera in the snow as school children look on

    Tracking Hidden STEM in NH's North Country

    Is K-9 search-and-rescue a STEM skill? What about hunting, snowmobiling or cross-country skiing? That’s what... Read More
  • Rocket launches into the green Northern Lights.

    Research Snapshot: Northern Lights

    On a recent night above the Arctic circle in Norway, two rockets carrying equipment designed and built by Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø students and researchers streaked... Read More
  • Group of people wearing lifejackets huddle in a circle in a pool

    Research Snapshot: Offshore Survival

    The engineering tank in Chase Ocean Engineering Lab is no match for the chilly offshore waters of the Gulf of Maine, but it stood in ably for a... Read More
  • Three researchers walk through a salt marsh at sunrise

    Research Snapshot: Early Birds

    Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø researchers study tidal marsh sparrows to understand how they're adapted to living in the harsh environment of salt marshes. Read More
  • Plaster sculpture of a head lying on its side

    Research Snapshot: Pox

    “Pox was done in the fall of 2019 a few short months prior to the introduction of COVID 19 into the common lexicon. What had started as an... Read More
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