Sprague, his adviser Frank Steiner, and research partners conduct their research in a Strosacker lab. Courtesy | Mark Sprague Senior Mark Sprague recently conducted his own research: “Surface Effects on Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Formation” using a dynamic flow growth model. Sprague did this on campus last summer for six weeks. Can you describe your research?...
David Houghton and students at a bridge over Mountain Stream in the Huron Mountains. Courtesy | David Houghton Among biology circles, Hillsdale College is known for its caddisfly collection of over 300,000 specimens and the stream ecology expertise of the G. H. Gordon Biostation, both led by Professor and Chairman of Biology, David C. Houghton....
Three students and their advisor, Stephanie Lauback, presented their research in January. Courtesy | Stephanie Lauback Three Hillsdale students won an honorable mention for their research in biophysics at the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics at Argonne National Laboratory on Jan. 21. Sophomore Abigail (Abby) Gilreath and seniors Linnea Larson and Khadija Hamisi presented...
China gains access to American microchips. Courtesy | Pixabay A new report found that American semiconductor chips are fueling China’s nuclear war machine. For decades, American semiconductor chips flowed freely into China’s top nuclear weapons institute by dodging United States export regulations meant to halt such purchases, according to a new report from the Wall...
Rosenberg visited the AT&T museum and called his cell phone from a pay phone. Courtesy | Adam Rosenberg When Ronald Reagan launched air strikes against Libya in 1986, he used a cellular phone system invented by Adam Rosenberg and his colleagues. The unsecured connection faltered and failed the commander in chief since it relied on...