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Entry, descent, and landing technologies are critical to placing large payloads on other planets such as Mars. As a spacecraft enters an atmosphere of a planet such as Earth or Mars, collisions with the atmospheric atoms and molecules generate very high...

The University of New Mexico is part of a team announcing the launch today of the National Science Foundation Directorate for Engineering’s Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA), the first engineering research visioning organization of its...

J. Scott Tonigan, director of the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addictions (CASAA) at The University of New Mexico knows that the impact of research done stretches far into the Albuquerque community and beyond. He has been with CASAA since its...

Each year, the University Libraries and the Center for Regional Studies funds graduate fellowships for the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections (CSWR). The Graduate Fellows work alongside full-time staff to process special collections,...

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has significantly reduced the number of people willing to fly due to safety concerns, and to ease fears, some airlines have opted to leave middle seats open to increase the amount of space for social distancing. But the...

A University of New Mexico Biology professor and second year Ph.D. student are part of a team of scientists have examined the immune system of an unusual group of mammals, which includes a small South American opossum, to find solutions that evolution...

Every society has some degree of wealth inequality  ̶  over history, across continents, there always seem to be some people who have more than others. But the amount of inequality differs  ̶  in some civilizations, a few powerful people have nearly all...

The 61st Annual Central New Mexico STEM Research Challenge will be held virtually March 22-27. Nearly 200 4th through 12th-grade students will exhibit their research projects and compete virtually for the chance to move forward to the New Mexico State...

Dr. Mary Jo Daniel was officially appointed recently to the position of UNM Associate Vice President for Research (VPR) by Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway. Daniel was appointed last fall as Interim Associate VPR...

The annual Undergraduate Research Opportunity Conference (UROC) is taking place virtually and volunteers can sign up now to help review materials. UROC will be held on April 15, 2021. It provides undergraduate researchers an opportunity to gain...