Michigan Technological University News

A Smoky Mountain forest's woodland herb population has shown that climate may play a role in how forest understories recover from logging, according to Purdue University research.

The Michigan Public Service Commission today approved a settlement agreement reconciling Upper Peninsula Power Company's 2008 power supply costs.

A Michigan Technological University engineer is leading a $350,000 study of how to keep power-hungry components from crashing smaller electrical grids.

A Michigan Technological University engineer is leading a $350,000 study of how to keep power-hungry components from crashing smaller electrical grids.

The O.L. Pfaffman Construction Industry Scholarship was given to Amanda Malburg, a civil engineering junior at Michigan Technological University.

It'll be a homecoming concert when singer/songwriter/musician Mark Harrod performs in Birnamwood this weekend.

As many as half a million tiny golden-winged warblers used to make the annual round trip flight from Latin America to the Midwest.

NOVEMBER 24, 2009 - Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth Director Stanley "Skip" Pruss announced today that $74,296 in grants have been awarded for biomass energy demonstration projects.

It's a naturally occurring brain chemical with an unwieldy name: 4-hydroxybutyrate . Taken by mouth, it can be abused or used as a date-rape drug.

It's a naturally occurring brain chemical with an unwieldy name: 4-hydroxybutyrate . Taken by mouth, it can be abused or used as a date-rape drug.

University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA; B Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA; C Abstract During winter hibernation, grizzly bears do not eat but instead rely on internal fat stores as a primary source of metabolic energy.

One of Michigan's first ethanol facilities is set to be created with the help of a group of MSU researchers.

NEENAH - When he was growing up, Cody Kippenhan spent his summer months playing baseball.

As global warming makes wildfires more likely, scientists are trying to learn how bad the smoke is for the health of people who live downwind.

A new $2.8 million research project will look for ways to cut the pollution from diesel exhaust without reducing fuel economy.

Tuesday is election day and two people are running for the Ludington City Clerk position - incumbent Clerk Deborah Luskin and challenger Joni Potter.

Native American culture is taking center stage at Michigan Technological University with the school's 14th annual Speakers' Forum and the Spirit of the Harvest Powwow.

Enlarge Image Advantage, youth. On an elk hunt, young 2- to 3-year-old wolves usually lead the chase and make the kill.

Northcentral Technical College officials today announced the school's first transfer agreement with Michigan Technological University, also known as Michigan Tech.

A side effect of cleaning up diesel exhaust can be a drop in fuel efficiency and a need to do diagnostics of whether the systems are operating in their design states.