NM Tech Researchers Study Pollutants in Aquifers
By Jeremy Manning

Professor Rebecca Reiss of the New Mexico Tech biology department is heading a project that is looking closely at the biodegradation (ability to break down foreign substances) properties of microorganisms in aquifers around New Mexico. View Entire Article »

NM Tech Geoscientists Present Research at GSA
By George Zamora

The findings of two geological research projects focusing on the geochronology of rocks encountered in two different areas in New Mexico recently were presented by two New Mexico Tech geoscientists at the 36th annual meeting of the South-Central Section of the Geological Society of America, which was held last week in Alpine, Texas. View Entire Article »

NMT and Gas Research Inst. To Collaborate on Roadmap
By NMT

The Gas Technology Institute (GTI) and New Mexico Tech (NMT) have entered into a collaboration for the creation of a detailed technology plan to guide the development of unconventional onshore gas resources needed to meet the projected future gas demand in the United States. View Entire Article »

Univ. of Cambridge Joins MRO Group
By George Zamora

Officials from the University of Cambridge in England, representatives from a university research consortium headed by New Mexico Tech, adminsitrators of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, and a delegation of New Mexico's U.S. senators and representatives are meeting in Washington, D.C. this morning to participate in a signing ceremony marking the first phase of what is now an international scientific collaboration to design, develop, and operate the Magdalena Ridge Observatory. View Entire Article »

NM Tech Students Develop Low-Cost "Supercomputer"
By George Zamora

Hundreds of outdated -- yet, still useful -- government office computers that may have been destined for the landfill have instead found new life as important research tools at New Mexico Tech. View Entire Article »

NMT Geoscientists Present Research at GSA
By George Zamora

A relatively large "traveling team" of New Mexico Tech geoscientists is scheduled to present talks at the 114th annual meeting of the Geological Society of America (GSA), which is being held Sunday, October 27 through Wednesday, October 30, at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. View Entire Article »

NM Tech Researchers Monitor Smoky Haze
By George Zamora

The smoky haze from the Arizona wildfires that has permeated the skies above Socorro and most of New Mexico for the past four days is obscuring the state's vistas, but is not elevating the level of air pollutants to the point where it would exceed federal standards, according to New Mexico Tech researchers who regularly monitor air quality at the university. View Entire Article »

Geoscientists Present Research at GSA Meeting
By George Zamora

Two New Mexico Tech geoscientists present talks at the 54th annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Section of the Geological Society of America, held in Cedar City, Utah. View Entire Article »

NM Tech Researchers Study Panama's Rio Chagres Watershed
By George Zamora

A hydrologist and a geologist at New Mexico Tech have joined an international team of researchers in an ongoing investigation of Panama's Rio Chagres Watershed, with the goal of providing a better understanding of the hydrology, geology, and chemistry makeup of the watershed. View Entire Article »