What's going on?

How you doing?

Here are some researchy stories that we've been paying attention to in Rolla:

-- Researchers from Missouri S&T are investigating ways that rubber from the guayule shrub can be used to pave roads.

-- Dr. Lifeng Zhang is trying to figure out how to recycle silicon that gets wasted in the production of solar cells.

-- Dr. Stephen Gao has been getting a lot of media attention for leading efforts to select spots for earthquake monitoring stations that will soon be moving to Missouri.