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Marshall grant to benefit many in W.Va.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) -

Researchers and students will reap the benefits of a $338,845 National Science Foundation grant to a Marshal University scientist.

The grant has been awarded to chemistry assistant professor Derrick Kolling and colleagues at Marshall and the University of Charleston. Kolling will use the funds to purchase an electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometer. The equipment is used in a number of chemical processes and in understanding metal compounds.

But Kolling won't be hogging the equipment. He says at least five Marshall faculty members in three departments will use it, as well as students. A University of Charleston faculty member will also travel to Huntington to use the equipment.

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