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What’s New in STEM?

Students are taught how to design and create their own products using CNC router machines in the Innovation lab.

Students in the JMS Innovation lab solder motherboards to create their own light up acrylic name plate.

We commissioned Columbia College senior, Amanda Szydlowski to create our new mural for the JMS Innovation Lab. We love it!

Scientists studying the stretchiness of tiny worms uncovered clues that could lead to new treatments for human kidney disease. CLICK HERE
Scientists made strange crystals that actually “tick” in time, and one day they could be used to protect money from fakes or store data in new ways. CLICK HERE
The gender gap in math widened in the pandemic. Schools are trying to make up lost ground. CLICK HERE
A new AI tool from Google’s DeepMind may be able to shrink drug discovery from years to just months, speeding up the process of finding life-saving treatments. CLICK HERE
NASA’s Mars rover found tiny patterns in old rocks that look like life traces we see on Earth — hinting that Mars may once have hosted microbes. CLICK HERE