General Interest News

High school students forsake the pool this summer to spend hours in labs with top Mason researchers.

There is evidence that suggests that oceans or seas may lie beneath the icy surfaces of moons such as Titan or Europa. But can these bodies of water contain any living organisms? Paul Cooper, Mason assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, is on a team dedicated to finding the answer to that question.

Dinosaurs have been considered the largest animals to have ever walked on Earth. While they still maintain this status, a new study suggests that some dinosaurs may actually have weighed as little as half as much as previously thought.

Mason’s undergraduate biology degree programs have found a new home. Previously housed in both the Molecular and Microbiology (MMB) and Environmental Science and Policy (ESP) Departments, the programs have been centralized under Director Larry Rockwood, a professor in the ESP Department.