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Randall Russell/FlickrFor the first time researchers have mapped the genome of sagebrush, which could mean big things for the plants habitat, especially when it comes to combating the effects of climate change. -
Jim Peaco/National Park ServiceClimate change can make flooding worse in a number of ways, according to Colorado State University researcher Frances Davenport. That includes warmer air carrying more moisture, causing more intense precipitation events. It could also mean more rain falling on snowpacks in higher elevations, causing floods like we saw in Yellowstone National Park.
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Dr. Robert Farivar at Saint Alphonsus in Boise has become the first surgeon in this region to use a new type of heart pump in surgery. Idaho Matters sits down to find out more about this new piece of technology and why it is so significant. -
Idaho Matters sits down with the creator of the Wild Thing podcast to discuss nuclear power and the 1961 meltdown of an experimental reactor in Idaho Falls.
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A research lab at Boise State University is trying to find out the number of children who go missing each year around the planet.
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The Pentagon has announced that a new nuclear design is going to be assembled in our region. It’s called Project Pele, and it aims to produce a mobile nuclear microreactor.
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A seasonal break from wildfires is disappearing in the West. A wildfire started this Saturday near Boulder, Colorado. It forced thousands of evacuations over the weekend, reminding people of what had just happened 3 months ago: the Marshall Fire, which burned down more than 1,000 homes. Experts say there are no longer fire seasons, just fire years.
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From long COVID to the BA.2 variant, there's a lot to talk about on Idaho Matters with our medical experts.
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Earlier this year, Boise State Ph.D. geophysics student Zach Keskinen studied very low-frequency sounds up at Banner Summit not far from Stanley. As part of his research, he buried special microphones in the snowpack to record the sounds of things like avalanches. It just so happens those mics also captured the sound made by an erupting underwater volcano in the island nation of Tonga. Zach joins Samatha Wright along with Volcanologist Dr. Jeffrey Johnson who co-operates BSU’s infrasound lab and spends his time studying volcanoes to talk about their experience.
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An experiment by students at J. Russell Elementary School in Moscow has become a research project at the University of Idaho that was sent into space. It could one day help astronauts on the International Space Station. Joining Gemma to talk about the experiment is Dr. Matt Bernards, an associate professor in Chemical & Biological Engineering at the University of Idaho and Director of the Nasa Idaho Space Grant Consortium.
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Products like non-stick pans and waterproof jackets have something in common – they’re often made with chemicals known as PFAS. But the man-made chemicals don’t break down in the environment – or our bodies. And they’re suspected of causing cancer and other health problems. The Mountain West News Bureau’s Madelyn Beck reports on efforts to ban PFAS in a popular winter product – ski wax.
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A new Boise State project is planting sagebrush in the Boise Foothills.
