PRISM Spectrum

PRISM Spectrum brings you science stories written by members of the PRISM outreach team. There is a particular focus on science that occurs in Kansas and the Midwest.

• Master's Student Defends Thesis
  In a culmination, of two years of "sweat, blood and tears," John Paden put his work to the test. . .

• Scientists Build a Road to the South Pole
  With a pioneering spirit, researchers in Antarctica are blazing a trail to the South Pole. . .

• A Horse is a horse, or a takh
  (The Topeka Capital Journal)
  The now-vanished herds of wild horses that once thundered across the grasslands are on their way back. . .

• Geologist to help clean Kansas groundwater
  (The Topeka Capital Journal)
  Almost half the water consumed in Kansas comes straight out of the ground. . .

• KU team helps investigate if polar ice is melting
  (The Topeka Capitol Journal)
  Greenland and Anarctica hold three-fourths of the world's fresh water locked up in sheets of ice two miles thick. . .

• Such a Waste
  (Science Coalition)
  The United States made its last nuclear bomb in 1989. Since then, we've dismantled two-thirds of our peak arsenal of 60,000 weapons. . .

• Baldwin Native...
  (Baldwin City Signal)
  Rural Baldwin native John Paden may have deep roots in the local soil, but his vision extends to the ends of the Earth. . .

• Safe Harvest
  (Kansas Alumni)
  Herbal medicines may be good for you, but are they good for the herbs? That question is the focus of a study addressing concerns that the popularity of natural remedies may lead to overharvesting of wild herbs. . .

• Snakeheads
  (Biohawk)
  Anybody reading this in Overland Park might want to watch out for northern snakeheads on the lawn. You Goodland readers can rest easy, however. . .

• Greenland Footage
  Last year as part of the Greenland Data Project KU scientists traveled to Greenland to take measurements of the ice. . .