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solar irrigation

MSU researcher receives grant to develop efficient irrigation technology using solar power

AgBioResearch

EAST LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan State University researcher has received a $394,600 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service to develop a solar power-based irrigation technology that improves energy- and water-use efficiency. Younsuk Dong, an assistant professor in the MSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, leads the three-year project. Agriculture …

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Water

New director named for MSU Institute of Water Research

AgBioResearch

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University Research Foundation Professor Pouyan Nejadhashemi has been named director of the MSU Institute of Water Research (IWR) effective Oct. 15, 2024. The position is a 50% appointment, and Nejadhashemi will continue to serves as a professor in the departments of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering and Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences. His work is also supported in …

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MSU Animal Science FFAR Fellows poised to advance future of dairy research, sustainability

College of Agriculture and Natural Recources

Paiton McDonald and Haylee Reisinger, Animal Science graduate students, have been selected as Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) Fellows, which offers opportunities to further advance their impactful dairy research Paiton McDonald and Haylee Reisinger, graduate students in the MSU Department of Animal Science, have been selected as members of the 2024-2027 cohort for …

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East Lansing Startup Tackles “Forever Chemicals” with Innovative Technology

PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) have become a major environmental concern. These chemicals, used in various industrial and consumer products for their heat, oil, stain, grease, and water-resistant properties, have infiltrated our food and water supplies. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimates that 97% of Americans have PFAS in their bodies. While the full …

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sustainable agriculture

A Spartan Bringing Sustainable Agriculture Into The Future

MSUToday

On a cloudless day at a farm in Portland, Michigan, Bruno Basso inspects rows of small, leafy green plants that will eventually grow into towering cornstalks. He turns and tells Jeff Sandborn, who runs the farm, that the soon-to-be crops look great. Over the past decade, Basso and his research team at Michigan State University have worked …

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nature

4 MSU faculty selected to be authors on the First National Nature Assessment

MSU Today

The U.S. Global Change Research Program is undertaking the first National Nature Assessment, or NNA1, and has appointed four MSU researchers to author and lead several chapters. The NNA1 is a program to identify and take stock of U.S. ecosystems and the benefits they provide to the economy, health, climate, environment justice and national security. NNA1 will …

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insect

The buzz on the new insect/arthropod diagnostician at MSU Plant and Pest Diagnostics

Plant & Pest Diagnostics

After 44 years of dedicated service, Howard Russell, also known as Bugman, has retired from Michigan State University. He spent the last 37 of those years as the Michigan State University (MSU) insect/arthropod diagnostician. In this role, he helped thousands of clients identify and manage arthropods over the phone, through email and Ask Extension, and by …

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Danielle K. Brown, 1855 Professor of Community and Urban Journalism at Michigan State University, was recognized as the Early Career Scholar by the International Communication Association.

MSU researchers receive international communication honors

MSU Today

Researchers in the Michigan State University College of Communication Arts and Sciences have been recognized as top scholars in the field of communication. Danielle K. Brown, a journalist and researcher who uses her craft to foster racial justice, and Maria Lapinski, a leading scholar of health and risk communication, recently received honors from the International Communications Association, or ICA, which …

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plants

Discovering how plants make life-and-death decisions

MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory

Researchers at Michigan State University have discovered two proteins that work together to determine the fate of cells in plants facing certain stresses. Ironically, a key discovery in this finding, published recently in Nature Communications, was made right as the project’s leader was getting ready to destress. Postdoctoral researcher Noelia Pastor-Cantizano was riding a bus to …

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