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Christine Floss checks the sample chamber of the NanoSIMS instrument. Floss has identified organic material in interplanetary dust particles, gathered from the Earth's stratosphere, that was made before the birth of our solar system. It is the first such organic material discovered.

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• Congratulations to Ken Kelton who was bestowed Arkansas Tech University's highest alumni honor. He was inducted into the Arkansas Tech Hall of Distinction during the spring commencement ceremonies.
• Professors Martin Israel and John Rigden have been selected by the St. Louis Academy of Science to receive Outstanding Scientists Awards. Professor Israel received the Fellows Award and Professor Rigden received the Educator Award.
• Laboratory for Ultrasonics alumnus, W.E.Moerner, has been awarded the Wolf Prize for Chemistry. W.E. was a member of the Laboratory for Ultrasonics as an undergraduate. Among other achievements, he presented a paper on his undergraduate work at the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium when he was a senior.

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