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Photgraph of assistant professor Johanthan Balkind.

 Assistant Professor Johanthan Balkind.

Jonathan Balkind Receives NSF Early CAREER Award to Go Faster in the Cloud

He plans to use microarchitectural checkpointing to redesign processors to improve cloud-based computing.

NASA image of the Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina, as seen from the International Space Station on Feb 21, 2012

The Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina, as seen from the International Space Station on Feb 21, 2012. Photograph courtesy of NASA

Quantum Sensing in Outer Space

New NASA-funded research will build next-gen tech to better measure climate

Image of a goat, which, like other ruminants, host anaerobic microbes that can break through tough plant cell walls to gain the nutrition behind them.

Goats and other ruminants host anaerobic microbes that can break through tough plant cell walls to gain the nutrition behind them. Photograph by Lillian McKinney

Deconstructing Lignin

Researchers prove that tough, woody lignin can be broken down in an anaerobic environment.

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