by MBJ Staff Published: April 1,2013
Tags: agriculture, commodity, development, education, experiment station, Extension Service, farm, farmer, farming, grower, higher education, postsecondary education, producer, ranch, rancher, report, research, rural, study
STARKVILLE — The South’s extension service and experiment station systems are still relevant nearly a century after they were founded. This according to a new report released by an Ohio-based charitable trust. Battelle Technology Partnership Practice and BioDimensions, an independent research and development organization, released results of a study of the economic impact Extension Service [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 28,2013
Tags: cattle, college, education, Extension, forage, grass, higher education, livestock, public university, ranch, rancher, research, science, university
STARKVILLE — Studies at Mississippi State University are finding that when it comes to providing forage for livestock, native grasses may be best. Sam Riffell, an associate professor of wildlife ecology and management in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, is examining the benefits of replacing exotic grasses, commonly used in Mississippi grazing pastures, [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 15,2013
Tags: aerodefense, aerospace, aid, college, defense, development, funding, grant, high technology, military, public university, research, researcher, rocket, science, scientist, space, space exploration, spaceship
STARKVILLE — NASA has awarded grants to nine universities for advanced development activities for the nation’s next heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS). The agency is providing approximately $2.25 million that will be shared by all the proposals under this NASA Research Announcement to seek solutions to evolve the launch vehicle from its initial [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 20,2012
Tags: board of supervisors, county, education, government, health, health care, lease, medical, medicine, public health, research, school, supervisor, university
GRENADA — The Grenada County Board of Supervisors has selected the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s (UMMC) proposal for the long-term lease of Grenada Lake Medical Center (GLMC) in connection with Grenada County’s request for proposals (RFP). Terms were not disclosed. “While the process has taken longer than expected and there still remains work to [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 17,2012
Tags: aerospace, development, engine, powerpack, research, rocket, space, space exploration, space program, technology, test
HANCOCK COUNTY — NASA has taken another step toward human exploration of new destinations in the solar system. At the agency’s Stennis Space Center, engineers conducted the final test-firing of the J-2X powerpack assembly, an important component of America’s next heavy-lift rocket. The J-2X engine is the first human-rated liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen engine [...] [...]
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University has signed an official memorandum of understanding with Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University in India to collaborate on research that will benefit both institutions and their respective constituencies. Prior to the signing, MSU president Mark Keenum met with Indian Minister for Agriculture Kanna Lakshminrayana, Agriculture Commissioner K. Madhu Sudhan Rao [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: December 10,2012
Tags: altertnative, biofuel, development, energy, fuel, green, higher educvation, micro-algae, plant, professor, public university, research, study, sustainable
HANCOCK COUNTY — Researchers at the University of Southern Mississippi are participating in an international research project aimed at turning marine micro-algae into fuel. “All the oil we are pumping out of the ground, what was it? Most people think dinosaurs. No. It was all marine micro algae,” said Dr. Donald Redalje, professor in the [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 26,2012
Tags: bridge, computer, drainage, geospatial, hardware, higher education, highway, information technology, infrastructure, public university, research, road, sfotare, street, technology
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University Extension Service reports an advanced database training project conducted by Extension is saving the state millions of dollars, improving skills and making jobs easier. The Geospatial Education and Outreach Project began working with local and state government agencies across Mississippi in June 2006. By November 2012, more than 2,600 people [...] [...]
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University is officially partnering with a South Korean entity, which has a complementary research mission with the university’s Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems. MSU provost and executive vice president Jerry Gilbert signed a memorandum of understanding, along with Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) Incheon Region Division CEO Sang-Mok Lee. The [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 20,2012
Tags: death, disaster, ecosystem, environment, explosion, fatality, fuel, gasoline, grant, higher education, laboratory, natural gas, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, pollution, public university, research, restaurant, seafood, study, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory is receiving funding to support an enhanced multi-state research program examining effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico. The award is among 19 grants out of 629 letters of intent announced recently by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative. Approximately $20 million will [...] [...]
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