‘Happy ending to beginning’ of $2.5B Mars rover mission

By: Ryan Johnson, INFORUM MOORHEAD – While it was built with valid scientific goals in mind, the premise of the six-wheeled, 2,000-pound Curiosity rover and the engineering feat that landed it on Mars early Monday could strike some as more science fiction than reality. “We have landed a nuclear-powered truck on another world,” said Juan Cabanela, astronomy professor at Minnesota […]

Red River Valley Research Corridor meeting Oct. 11

Join colleagues and students for the region’s premier event recognizing research, development and commercialization accomplishments in the Red River Valley Research Corridor. Highlighting exciting scientific and technological advances by universities and businesses in the region, and featuring high-profile, nationally recognized speakers that will share their views of the future and offer important insights into next generation innovations. It will be held […]