by Sydney Anderson | Jun 18, 2019
A multidisciplinary team of BYU chemistry and engineering researchers has been tasked by NASA to develop a system to measure the size and electrical charge of Mars dust — a detail seemingly innocuous, yet critical to the success of human missions to the Red Planet....
by Angela Cava | Jun 12, 2019
PhD candidate Ashari Kannangara came to BYU from Sri Lanka to study how to make chemotherapy more effective. “I have seen a lot of people go through the pain of cancer,” she said. One of those was her uncle, who battled bladder cancer for several years. She witnessed...
by Angela Cava | May 31, 2019
Dean Gus Hart of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences has reappointed David Dearden as chair of the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. He will serve in the position for another three years. Dearden has authored or co-authored over 60...
by Lia Ludlam | Nov 28, 2018
If you’ve been on a prescription medication, you might have wondered why prescription drugs are so expensive. Finding a drug that treats a condition effectively without causing serious side effects requires an enormous number of research hours, as well as large...
by James Collard | Nov 26, 2018
Imagine hiking through the woods and stumbling upon a brand-new car—a car that’s just idling, waiting for someone to grip the wheel and tear out of the forest. Chemistry professor Dr. Paul Savage likens this example of a fortuitous find to the discovery of a...
