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Tennessee Tech students are testing a series of chemical compounds that show promise of stopping cancer in its tracks. TTU is collaborating with cancer centers, including the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, for further studies and possible testing on patients, especially women with breast cancer. Breast cancer cells over-express a certain enzyme called Topoisomerase II for DNA replication, which is specifically targeted by these new agents.

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A Tennessee Tech University alumnus' company is building robots that the U.S. Navy is testing. Developed using TTU research, robots could help repair our deteriorating infrastructure.

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TTU engineering and business students have been working together to design packaging and marketing plans to launch a variety of Turkish products in the U.S. They will travel to Turkey this semester to discuss the feasibility of their work at a partner university.

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A doctoral candidate at Tennessee Tech University has created a hydrogel that makes it much easier separate proteins to study a biological sample, such as a blood test. His work, which was recently patented, could be revolutionary.

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Tennessee Tech University students engineer systems to aid a TTU alumnus in the search to find six people, including a medical aviation missionary, who went missing the jungles of Venezuela.

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The Occupy Wall Street protest – and similar protests cropping up nationwide – are not spontaneous, according to Thomas Ratliff, sociology professor at Tennessee Tech University.

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Scientists at Tennessee Tech University are fishing with electricity to monitor the health of the Caney Fork River and the effects of dam repairs on the fish populations. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been making repairs to the dam for several years and contracted TTU biologists to study the river ecosystem.

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Tennessee Tech University civil engineering professor Faisal Hossain recently went to Washington, D.C. to present his research about dams' effects on local climate. He went at the invitation of policymakers who were looking to learn about the need for more flexibility when building large dams.

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James Jordan-Wagner, an expert in sovereign debt markets, is available to talk to reporters about the looming debt crisis.

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As students stock up on pens, pencils and the latest fashion trends, their teachers are brushing up lesson plans and re-training themselves in patience. New teachers are learning everything for the first time and their nerves are in the same tense state as many of their students.

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Researchers investigating how large dams can affect local climates say dams have the clear potential to drastically alter local rainfall in some regions. The study—published in Geophysical Research Letters— marks the first time researchers have documented large dams having a clear, strong influence on the climate around artificial reservoirs, an influence markedly different from the climate around natural lakes and wetlands.

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One of the world’s leading scholars about the Kurds, Michael Gunter, a Tennessee Tech University political science professor, has strong opinions about drawing down of U.S. troops in Iraq. Reporters interested in the topic are invited to interview Gunter on how this affects Iraq, the Kurds, U.S. policy in Afghanistan and domestic issues, including upcoming elections and the economy.

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Fisheries researchers at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tenn., found one piece of a scientific puzzle that just may help save the endangered pallid sturgeon from extinction.

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Teachers and childcare workers who want to create a learning environment that promotes each child's success and minimizes the occurrence of challenging behaviors and undesired responses can turn to advice from two Tennessee Tech University professors.

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Wind power received a gust of support as the U.S. Department of Energy announced funding for 28 new wind energy projects, including an award to Tennessee Tech University for more than a quarter million dollars.

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Dramatic quality assurance systems will soon be implemented in teacher education programs across the nation, and Tennessee Tech University's College of Education is at the forefront of testing one of six national models.

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iPod Touch devices, pocket-size, portable media players capable of wireless Internet connection, go into the hands of every student in one section of Jeremy Wendt's educational technology course each semester.

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With many people trying to tighten their belts both physically and fiscally right now, Tennessee Tech University nutrition professor Cathy Hix-Cunningham offers 10 tips for selecting foods that are both healthy and economical.