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University of New Mexico (UNM) Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Dr. Tobias Fischer and Syracuse University research fellow (now University of Auckland Lecturer), Dr. James Muirhead led an international team of interdisciplinary researchers to...

The University of New Mexico's Office of the Vice President for Research and the University Communication and Marketing (UCAM) Department annually compiles a Year-in-Review for its research features during the course of the calendar year. Below is the...

Railroads transport huge amounts of freight and people every day across the continent and being on time is of paramount importance. There are approximately 100,000 railroad bridges in the United States, and more than half are over 100 years old, making...

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...

Representatives from a plethora of research industry manufacturers and stake holders took part in the inaugural Agile Manufacturing Center Showcase, hosted by The University of New Mexico (UNM) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). Dean...

Studying the fundamentals of life – What exactly is it? How did it come into being? – is a practice nearly as ancient as the existence of humankind. Last December, Vice President for Research and Professor Gabriel Lopez led a contingent of faculty and...

Aidan Grummer and Neil McFadden, two graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at The University of New Mexico, were among 60 students selected nationally to receive the prestigious Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate...

The Department of Physics and Astronomy recently held the UNM Physics Day 2018, an undergraduate research conference and open house event organized by students for students that included local area high schools as well as a large contingent of students...

The University of New Mexico has been awarded $1.6 million from the National Science Foundation to continue a successful program to provide educational materials and services to industry trainers and educators on the growing science and technology of...

The University of New Mexico’s Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program and the Research Opportunity Program (ROP) are now accepting applications for the fall 2017 program. The McNair program and ROP prepare first generation, economically disadvantaged, and/or...