The 2025 CNS Alumni Awards
Matthew Tirrell PhD '77, Derrick Maxwell BS '14, and Ahmed A. H. Siddig PhD ’15 have been named the recipients of this year's awards.
Food Science Challenge Seeks New Products, Practices, and Technology
The challenge is designed to inspire a range of original edible and technological food science-related inventions.
Baoshan Xing and Team Study How To Grow More Nutritious Rice With Less Fertilizer
The team found that nano-scale selenium reduced the negative environmental impacts of nitrogen fertilization in rice by 41%.
Chemistry and Computer Science Collaboration Wins NSF Grant
This work could improve how scientists from various areas identify unknown molecules through spectroscopic analysis.
Brian Yellen Teams Up with USGS and Others to Shed Light on the Location of Pyrrhotite
Pyrrhotite weakens concrete over time, posing a costly hazard to homeowners and communities.
Study Co-authored by Richard W. Harper Examines Pros and Cons of Replacing Forests with Solar
This study weighs the trade-offs of replacing forests with photovoltaic panels.
VASCI Researchers Find Pathogen-fighting Cells that Demonstrate ‘Immunological Memory’
This research on T-cells may open the door to next-generation cancer vaccines.
EGCS Part of International Team Warning of Risks of Polar Geoengineering to Slow Climate Change
This team assesses five of the most developed geoengineering ideas currently being considered for deployment in Antarctica and the Arctic.
CNS Physicists Estimate That We Could See an Exploding Black Hole in the Next Ten Years
Such an explosion would be strong evidence of a theorized but never observed kind of black hole, called a “primordial black hole.”
Matthew D. Moore to Serve as President of Phi Tau Sigma
Phi Tau Sigma is the preeminent honor society for food scientists.
Hundreds Gather at Joseph Troll Turf Research Center for Turf Field Day
The event, held biannually at the Joseph Troll Turf Research Center, draws hundreds of professionals from throughout New England.