Research

NASA scientists opened an untouched rock and soil sample from the Moon returned to Earth on Apollo 17, marking the first time in more than 40 years a pristine sample of rock and regolith from the Apollo era has been opened. It sets the stage for...

An American doctor and pioneering researcher of her time; a German architect seeking commissions and recognition in the United States; and a glass house – the epitome of modern architecture and drawing board of design for a technological age. These three...

Water remains the single-most fundamental factor in the rise and fall of civilizations throughout history. It enables the existence of people, places and things. To that end, the XLIX Journal of Anthropological Research Distinguished Lecture features...

Five physics students from The University of New Mexico took home awards for their research at the annual meeting of the Four Corners Section of the American Physical Society held in Prescott, Ariz., recently. The conference, held this year at...

The University of New Mexico scholars are part of a statewide team examining fair housing laws, including the concept of “algorithmic justice,” or how some algorithms in housing applications may be inherently biased against certain groups of people. On...

Scientists at The University New Mexico are working to help mitigate fire danger in Santa Fe watershed utilizing two scenarios involving thinning and conducting prescribed burns. Under both scenarios, the occurrence of stand-replacing fire was...

Autonomous systems, found in everything from manufacturing processes to airplanes to automobiles, are becoming increasingly common. From drones delivering packages to your doorstep to adaptive cruise control or even self-driving features on cars, this...

Controlling the interactions between light and matter has been a long-standing ambition for scientists seeking to develop and advance numerous technologies that are fundamental to society. With the boom of nanotechnology in recent years, the nanoscale...

University of New Mexico researchers and their colleagues from the Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications (LESA) Center based at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have demonstrated a new technology for gauging the effectiveness of light therapy to...

The University of New Mexico's Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology presents the 12th annual Riley O. Schaeffer Endowed Lectureship featuring Professor Brian M. Hoffman on Friday, Oct. 18 at 4 p.m. in the Science and Math Learning Center, Room...