Breakthrough

Top 10 Physics Breakthrough: Detection of Neutrinos from Reaction that Powers Sun

Measuring what is happening inside the sun is no easy task. UH Physics was part of the international collaboration detecting the neutrino particles. The finding was named one of the top 10 physics breakthroughs for 2014.

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Mars Rover Event Builds Positive Attitudes Toward STEM Fields

Watch out NASA; 655 elementary and middle school students have developed plans for future Mars Rovers.

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Clinical Trials of Anti-Cancer Drug PT-112 Underway in U.S.

Three cancer centers in the U.S. have begun clinical trials of a new platinum-based chemotherapy discovered by Professor Rathindra Bose of the University of Houston.

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3D Printers Reshape University Teaching and Research

They don’t look much different from any other piece of office equipment, but 3D printers are transforming university teaching and research.

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IEEE Milestone Award Marks Site of Discovery of High Temperature Superconductivity

The University of Houston was recognized by IEEE as the site of the discovery by physicist Paul Chu and colleagues of a material that made high temperature superconductivity practical for real-world applications.

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