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Three students in the Sports Science lab, one of whom is riding a stationary bike and being monitored.

ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Human Performance Lab interns make headway in their research efforts

November 15, 2016

POCATELLO – ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø career path interns in the Sport Science and Physical Education Department are making headway completing research on a variety of projects, testing athletic psychological and physical skills to pain coping skills.

Photo fo the outside of the Idaho Accelerator Center.

ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø, Australian Company Clarity Pharmaceuticals to expand research and commercial applications of Copper-67 medical isotope to fight cancer

November 10, 2016

POCATELLO – The ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Idaho Accelerator Center (IAC) and Clarity Pharmaceuticals, a Sydney, Australia, radiopharmaceutical company, have signed a memorandum of understanding to officially launch joint development of commercial applications of the medical isotope Copper 67 produced at the IAC.

A Smithsonian map.

ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø history professor Paul Sivitz develops map representing Philadelphia in the 18th century

October 27, 2016

POCATELLO – ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø history Professor Paul Sivitz recently developed a map with Montana State University professor Billy G. Smith that is currently on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø graduate Monica Tromp credits CPI program in helping land spot at Max Planck Institute in Jena, Germany

October 4, 2016

POCATELLO – ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø graduate Monica Tromp began post-doctoral work at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, located in Jena, Germany, this fall.

ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø teams up with Boise State University, NASA to assess socioeconomic impact of NASA/ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø wildfire recovery program

September 30, 2016

Researchers at ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø, Boise State University and NASA are teaming up to try to determine the economic and social impacts of a wildfire recovery geographic information systems (GIS) program, thanks to a $100,000 grant from the NASA Applied Science Program.

ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø-Meridian pharmacy researcher Kirk Hevener awarded NIH grant to study deadly bacteria

September 20, 2016

The National Institutes of Health has awarded ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø assistant professor Kirk Hevener a $415,000 grant that may one day lead to the discovery of a new drug to battle the deadly intestinal bacteria Clostridium difficile.

Portrait of Mike Meyers standing by turf.

ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø sports science Professor Michael Meyers documents link between injuries and infill weight of artificial turf

September 20, 2016

POCATELLO – When it comes to artificial turf, there’s a simple, but firm analysis related to injuries that ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø researcher Michael Meyers has documented: the greater the weight of the infill used with artificial turf, the fewer the injuries.

A photo of Mark Austin in his office.

ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø researcher Mark Austin seeks clues for combating depression and suicide

September 7, 2016

The facts related to suicide and its incidence in Idaho are staggering, among them, Idaho is ranked sixth in the nation in suicide rates and ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø researcher Mark Austin wants to do more to understand this problem and how it relates to major depression.

A photo of the outside of the Rendezvous Complex.

ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø TRiO Services receives new $1.25 million grant to better serve eighth- to 12th-grade students in southern Idaho

September 7, 2016

POCATELLO – About 500 more eighth- through 12th-grade students in southern Idaho will be served “to go to and through post-secondary education” by ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s new five-year, $1.25-million TRiO Grant for its Educational Talent Search program.

ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø/Center for Advanced Energy Studies researcher Haiming Wen receives $500,000 grant to improve materials for nuclear reactors

August 25, 2016

POCATELLO – ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø and Center for Advanced Energy Studies researcher Haiming Wen, working with collaborators at the Idaho National Laboratory, has received a $500,000 grant to improve the strength and irradiation resistance of metals used in nuclear reactors.