Fungi Might Offer Path to Green Styrofoam, Cleaner Shores
UAA professor touts possible green alternative to Styrofoam that can be made of mycelium and wood or paper fibers in less than a week.
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NASA Awards APU $5M for a Microplastics Research and Education Center
Alaska Pacific University gets nearly $5 million from NASA to build a Microplastics Research and Education Center.
Institute of Arctic Biology Director Drops ‘Interim’ from Title
Diane O’Brien, a professor of biology and wildlife, has been named Director of the UAF Institute of Arctic Biology after serving for three years in an interim capacity.
Alaska Science Forum: The Gardening Potential of the Last Frontier
Charles C. Georgeson, a special agent in charge of the United States Agricultural Experiment Stations, was tasked with finding out if crops and farm animals could survive in the mysterious land acquired just twenty-one years earlier from the Russians.
Frozen Ocean, Solid Science: UAF Drones Measure Ice Thickness
UAF scientists and technicians, with participation from Boise State University, tested aerial drones’ ability to measure sea ice thickness and snow depth near Utqiaġvik.
Alaska Science Forum: Searching for Microplastics on Denali
UAF engineering students Matthew Crisafi-Lurtsema and Roger Jaramillo are climbing Denali this month to learn if microplastic pollution has spread to the highest point in North America.