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Congratulations to the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa's Dr. Tomoaki Miura, inducted as an American Association for the Advancement of Sciences Fellow in September. Dr. Miura is professor and chair of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, one of five College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources departments supported with Honolulu ARCS...

Honolulu ARCS Scholar Katie C.Y. Lee has demonstrated the importance of an energy regulating enzyme in heart health. “We discovered that your heart can't really be healthy without PKM2,” she says.

Building on research that Pyruvate kinase M2 plays a key role in glucose metabolism and energy expenditure, Katie demonstrated that...

Did you know the number on your phone that tells you the percentage of your battery is just an estimate? ARCS Colorado Scholar Kaylie Maddux shared this fact when interviewed about her research on lithium-ion batteries.

Maddux was always interested in math, science, and physics, which led her to study Electrical...

Everyone, including ARCS Foundation National leaders, knows the phrase, “A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.” The words were published in 1786 in Thomas Reid’s “Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man.”

ARCS National leaders are focusing this year on strengthening the leadership and effectiveness of the organization’s 15...

With a punk rock metalhead background, ARCS Minnesota Scholar Daniel Mendez didn’t have the typical STEM background as he grew up surrounded by gang activity. He never planned on studying neuroscience. But after quitting his punk rock band before they toured and later learning about his brother’s kidney failure diagnosis, Mendez...

How and why the body works are questions researchers have been trying to answer for decades, and Danaher grant recipient and Metro Washington Scholar Jessica Stelzel has joined the cause to help answer the question by studying tissue remodeling. 

“The human body and immune system are incredibly fascinating because we don’t fully...

As of 2021, about 0.27% of the US population reached 100 years old. Louise Pitcher, an ARCS Minnesota Scholar and Danaher grant recipient, is working to raise that percentage. She studies at the Institute on the Biology of Aging and Metabolism at the University of Minnesota. Pitcher’s research focuses on...

How do you study things you can’t see? ARCS Scholar Alexandra Hanselman is working towards her PhD at the University of Chicago and uses physics tools to study gravitational waves and black holes. She simulates theoretical black hole images using Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity.

“A black hole is an astronomical...

Barb Goergen is a founding member of the ARCS Minnesota Chapter and has served as its president or co-president for the past eight years. Goergen's dedication to ARCS Foundation, Inc. is evident as she continues to serve as Vice President of Operations for the National organization. She says it is a...