New Mexico Tech chemistry professor Oliver Wingenter and his colleagues believe modest fertilization of the Southern Ocean with iron might help slow some of the effects of global warming.
The Board of Regents approved a $422,600 contract at a special meeting July 3 with Facility Build Inc., of Albuquerque, to construct and equip the metal building.
Students will spend their days in college-level lectures and their nights measuring the positions of near-Earth asteroids, using Tech’s Etscorn Observatory.
New Mexico Tech, through the Department of Management and the Central Research Institute for Electric Power Industry of Japan, signed an agreement to conduct research and to establish a student exchange program.
The research center was formerly known as the Array Operations Center. It serves as the scientific, technical and administrative hub for the VLA and the Very Long Baseline Array radio telescopes.
New Mexico Tech professors and students joined with family members of John Marshall to dedicate a laboratory in memory of the longtime Tech employee on Friday.