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Evolution in progress
April 19, 2011: The saying goes something like this: If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, then it must be a duck.
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Physics Projects Seek To Advance Particle Experiments
February 1, 2008: The task is somewhat like trying to improve on an award-winning chili recipe, but in this case, the results won't be a matter of taste.
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Centennial Dukes Establish Undergraduate Research Journal
April 19, 2011: The inaugural issue of the James Madison Undergraduate Research Journal will be posted on the Web in the first week of April.
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Samples from Arctic Sea Floor May Rock Global Climate Theories
March 22, 2011: "That's like a time capsule of what's been happening in the Arctic, and no one had recovered it before," said St. John, who is part of an international team of scientists studying sediment.
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How Long is a Muon Lifetime?
March 22, 2011: The JMU Physics Department received a mention in several science journals this winter for its role in a particle physics experiment that took 10 years to complete.
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Cameroon May Offer Life-Altering Experience for Study Abroad Students
April 19, 2011: From May 9 to June 2, four JMU students and two students from universities in New York, will accompany Linder, an assistant professor of anthropology at JMU, to Cameroon.
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Engineering Students Address Teen's Disability With Bicycle Design
May 13, 2011: Born with cerebral palsy, 16-year-old Ricky Forgey needs a cane for standing and walking. He must also think about the steps he takes for his muscles to respond properly.
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Without Comforts of Home, Africa Trip Opens Students' Eyes
July 8, 2011: They had to deal with illness, insects, wild animals and mud, but a group of JMU students who spent much of May in Africa also reaped some rewards from the experience.
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JMU Research Sharpens Global Landmine Removal Practices
February 24, 2011: A two-year study of aging landmines conducted by the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery at James Madison University has the potential to revolutionize fiscal and strategic approaches used.
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Fulbright Fellowship Gives First-Hand Look at South African Education
August 19, 2010: In sharing her first-person article with "Madison Scholar" readers, Harris provides a valuable glimpse into another country's educational system.
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Two Sets of Twins Participate In JMU's Summer Lab Program
June 1, 2010: Wandering around the Physics and Chemistry Building this summer you might think you are seeing double. And double again.
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JMU Assessment Tests Prompt Start of New Company
February 1, 2010: Receiving recognition for its computer-based tests is nothing new for James Madison University's Center for Assessment and Research Studies.
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James Madison Innovations Begins Licensing JMU Inventions
February 1, 2010: Mary Lou Bourne, director of technology transfer at JMU, discusses the benefits of James Madison Innovations, Inc.
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JMU Researcher Seeks Answers to Long-Living Lemurs
March 1, 2010: There's a general rule among mammals: the larger the body, the longer the lifespan. But a species of lemur, the sifaka of Madagascar, doesn't play by the rules.
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Wyngaard Uses Fulbright Scholarship to Broaden Copepod Research
January 1, 2010: They live in all the world's oceans and in the majority of its freshwater habitats. And though they are so diminutive they can barely be seen by the naked eye, copepods' importance in the food chain is gargantuan.
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What Lies Beneath the Valley's Crust? Local Landmark May Have Answers
November 9, 2010: Johnson, an assistant professor of geology and environmental science, discovered that Mole Hill, a local landmark just a few miles from campus, was volcanic.
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JMU Botanist McMullen Is Participant In Spanish Research In Galapagos
July 1, 2010: Watching insects visit flowering plants for weeks at a time, day and night, can be—in the words of JMU Associate Biology Professor Conley K. McMullen—"really boring."
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JMU Senior Researches Deadly Disease With Leading Research Firm SRI
December 14, 2010: Senior biology major Tina Safavie has been fascinated by viruses since her sophomore year of high school, when she saw a presentation on the topic.
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Little-Known Protein May Be Key To Fighting Two Diseases
April 1, 2010: A protein that may have a role in combating a serious parasitic skin infection that threatens American soldiers serving in the Middle East may also have a role in fighting another world-wide menace: malaria.
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