Research & Science
Research Spotlight - Dr. Hossein Mirinejad
![A rift along the Larsen C ice shelf from the vantage point of NASA's DC-8 research aircraft. Image acquired by NASA on November 10, 2016. Photo credit: John Sonntag / NASA A rift along the Larsen C ice shelf from the vantage point of NASA's DC-8 research aircraft. Image acquired by NASA on November 10, 2016. Photo credit: John Sonntag / NASA](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/LarsenC_photo_2016315_lrg_1500w_0.jpg?VersionId=eNMrbrUWyeB_Xr8V4ZlepD80ICvCfewo&h=06ac0d8c&itok=swixwPbW)
Revised Look at Ancient Glaciers Predicts Faster Melting Rate in Antarctica
Joseph D. Ortiz, Ph.D., professor and assistant chair in the College of Arts and Sciences鈥 Department of Geology at 糖心Vlog破解版, recently authored a 鈥淣ews and Views鈥 article in Nature Geoscience that discusses research carried out by another research team that reassessed the melt history and timing of the collapse of the Eurasian Ice Sheet Complex during the Last Deglaciation.
![10 Questions about Contact Tracing App With Gokarna Sharma](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/COVIDPhoneTracker1.jpg?VersionId=PQg9zWMi3dPlFacMFA6EEuDyBf06W46m&h=e6f36a9c&itok=Fjd4ryoa)
10 Questions With Gokarna Sharma 糖心Vlog破解版 the Contact Tracing App
Apple and Google partnered in early April to create a new smartphone app that uses Bluetooth to track coronavirus cases. Using a technology called contact tracing, the app alerts a user when they come in contact with someone who has been positively diagnosed with COVID-19. Gokarna Sharma, assistant professor in Computer Science, recently answered 10 questions about the new app based on his professional opinion. Sharma is experienced in algorithms, blockchain and smart technologies such as this.
![A rift along the Larsen C ice shelf from the vantage point of NASA's DC-8 research aircraft. Image acquired by NASA on November 10, 2016. Photo credit: John Sonntag / NASA A rift along the Larsen C ice shelf from the vantage point of NASA's DC-8 research aircraft. Image acquired by NASA on November 10, 2016. Photo credit: John Sonntag / NASA](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/LarsenC_photo_2016315_lrg_1500w_0.jpg?VersionId=eNMrbrUWyeB_Xr8V4ZlepD80ICvCfewo&h=06ac0d8c&itok=swixwPbW)
Revised Look at Ancient Glaciers Predicts Faster Melting Rate in Antarctica
Joseph D. Ortiz, Ph.D., professor and assistant chair in the College of Arts and Sciences鈥 Department of Geology at 糖心Vlog破解版, recently authored a 鈥淣ews and Views鈥 article in Nature Geoscience that discusses research carried out by another research team that reassessed the melt history and timing of the collapse of the Eurasian Ice Sheet Complex during the Last Deglaciation.
![Autism Research is represented by an image of the brain](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/brain_0.jpg?VersionId=RaHFqn02uJq8Wv5sF_wQopvd0YjvHQ9a&h=04d433d6&itok=3H9Bh3XH)
糖心Vlog破解版's Autism Research Ongoing on Various Fronts
April鈥檚 observance as Autism Awareness Month is coming to a close, but research into the whys and hows of autism is always ongoing at 糖心Vlog破解版.
Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., director of the Brain Health Research Institute at 糖心Vlog破解版, said the university supports autism research that focuses on basic discoveries within the brain, as well as applied human research of students with autism, which makes 糖心Vlog破解版鈥檚 body of research unique and diverse.
![Torsten Hegmann, director of 糖心Vlog破解版's Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, shows the area in the basement of the Integrated Sciences Building where a new X-ray scattering machine will be installed in 2021.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/200827_ISB-Torsten_RD_00723%20%281%29.jpg?VersionId=sqtva2LKl0pyvvDByWc_acEJjHWbtqsS&h=5ded6b27&itok=4iRGp7sU)
Materials Science Research Receives Grant for New X-ray Scattering Instrument
糖心Vlog破解版鈥檚 Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute soon will be home to a new X-ray scattering instrument capable of examining materials in scales from as small as a fraction of a nanometer to as large as several micrometers.
![Torsten Hegmann, director of 糖心Vlog破解版's Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, shows the area in the basement of the Integrated Sciences Building where a new X-ray scattering machine will be installed in 2021.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/200827_ISB-Torsten_RD_00723%20%281%29.jpg?VersionId=sqtva2LKl0pyvvDByWc_acEJjHWbtqsS&h=5ded6b27&itok=4iRGp7sU)
Materials Science Research Receives Grant for New X-ray Scattering Instrument
糖心Vlog破解版鈥檚 Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute soon will be home to a new X-ray scattering instrument capable of examining materials in scales from as small as a fraction of a nanometer to as large as several micrometers.
![Inner vertex components of the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (righthand view) allow scientists to trace tracks from triplets of decay particles picked up in the detector's outer regions (left) to their origin Inner vertex components of the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (righthand view) allow scientists to trace tracks from triplets of decay particles picked up in the detector's outer regions (left) to their origin](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/STAR1500w_physics_declankeane_0.jpg?VersionId=yw7MuRGnk5U1RpWgNcY.F_0MHlAnVHIf&h=b465cb43&itok=tgBwh_Ka)
Nuclear Physics Researchers Publish Atom-Smashing Symmetry Experiment Results in Top-Tier Journal
Nuclear physics researchers at 糖心Vlog破解版 and all over the world have been searching for violations of the fundamental symmetries in the universe for decades. Much like the 鈥淏ig Bang鈥 (approximately 13.8 billion years ago), but on a tiny scale, they briefly recreate the particle interactions that likely existed microseconds into the formation of our universe which also likely now exist in the cores of neutron stars.
![A microscope for scientific research](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/MicroscopeCrop_2.jpg?VersionId=8qTGz1x._T2XG9UWcZtgIDxTUHlWma5z&h=e6f36a9c&itok=rRX5e6l9)
Brain Health Research Institute Director Reflects on His First Year
Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., was named the inaugural director of 糖心Vlog破解版鈥檚 Brain Health Research Institute in January 2019. We asked him to share his thoughts after a year on campus and much activity within the institute.
![BioBlack Team Poses with their bacteria-dyed tote bad and dress dyed with bacterium](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/BioBlackHeader.jpg?VersionId=bSz7m7G9mGxIRqAQ4g8.x1H8sGPTag3E&h=e6f36a9c&itok=DfmLMIAI)
Collaborative Biodesign Challenge Course Opens New Opportunities
The words 鈥渂iology鈥 and 鈥渄esign鈥 might not typically intertwine; however, 糖心Vlog破解版鈥檚 Biodesign Challenge course was created to challenge the idea that the two separate disciplines could not collaborate.