Read Stories about Research at Mason that have appeared in our Momentum newsletter.
- September 24, 2021Mason, FARO announce partnership to advance forensic science research.
- September 22, 2021With COVID-19 continuing to spread throughout the world, there is a demand for rapid, noninvasive diagnostics. George Mason University researchers Robin Couch and Allyson Dailey, members of the College of Science and the Institute of Biohealth Innovation, are working to answer that call with their research on volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for infectious disease detection.
- August 24, 2021Over the two past years, two George Mason University systems engineering senior design teams developed a tool to help two Maryland counties make complex financial decisions to reduce their CO2 emissions.
- August 19, 2021The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is working with a group of scientists from Mason’s Center for Ocean Land Atmosphere Studies (COLA) to update its drought forecasting system.
- August 17, 2021Climate change is coming for your morning cup of joe. George Mason University neuroscience professor Theodore (Ted) Dumas is worried about that and thinks you should be too.
- August 5, 2021Gewa and LaCharite help shape knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors about the food we eat and grow.
- July 30, 2021The devastation by extreme weather events caused by climate change is having an impact on more than the environment: It’s a major national security concern. The Schar School is addressing it as such.
- July 28, 2021Mason's Michael Buschmann and his team have developed technology that could help make COVID-19 vaccines less costly, with fewer side-effects and more available.
- June 8, 2021George Mason University researchers are collaborating with Fairfax County on an autonomous shuttle program that is the first of its kind in Virginia.
- May 25, 2021The first floor of Vernon Smith Hall has been converted into an innovation pilot space, foreshadowing work that will be done in Mason’s new Arlington Campus building.
- May 4, 2021Telehealth as a channel for delivering care has boomed in the past few years in response to the growing need for more flexible opioid treatment options and limitations to in-person care during the COVID-19 pandemic. But for states, payers, and providers to deliver on the long-term promise of telehealth, areas such as funding, infrastructure, policy, access points, and coverage must also evolve.