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New tech can get oxygen, fuel from Mars’ salty water

A new electrolysis system that makes use of briny water could provide astronauts on Mars with life-supporting oxygen and fuel for the ride home, according to the McKelvey School of Engineering’s Vijay Ramani, whose team developed the system.

Construction progresses on neuroscience building

The School of Medicine’s eastern border will look strikingly different in 2023, when the 11-story neuroscience research building is complete. At this point, more than 106 drilled concrete piers have been poured, and the interior columns and floor in the basement’s western half are complete.

In fire-prone West, plants, pollinators need each other

A new study from the northern Rockies explores the role of fire in the finely tuned dance between plants and their pollinators. The research from biologists including Jonathan Myers in Arts & Sciences is published in the Journal of Ecology.

University to offer genetic counseling master’s program

The School of Medicine is offering a new master’s program in genetic counseling, a field that has been growing in importance as genetic testing becomes more common. The first round of applications for the program is due Dec. 15. Classes will begin in fall 2021.