by MBJ Staff Published: August 20,2012
Tags: developer, development, economic development, education, employee, expand, expansion, higher education, job, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plastics, polymer, research, researcher, science, scientist, work, worker
HATTIESBURG — The Manufacturing Extension Partnership of Mississippi (MEP.ms) reports the Mississippi Polymer Institute provided outstanding technical assistance to four Mississippi-based manufacturing companies, yielding $2.9 million in direct financial impact during the 2012 fiscal year. This assistance also led to the creation of 18 news jobs in the state. This work was reflected by independent [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 20,2012
Tags: defense, development, engine, expand, expansion, facility, federal agency, federal government, jet engine, loan, military, research, technology, test, testing
HANCOCK COUNTY — The Rolls Royce engine testing facility at Stennis Space Center will soon be expanding thanks in part to a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) loan program that is available only through rural electric cooperatives such as Coast Electric Power Association. The USDA Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant (REDLEG) program allows [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 17,2012
Tags: battery, education, energy, higher education, renewable energy, research, researcher, science, scientist, solar power, technology, university
HATTIESBURG — Researchers at the University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Polymers and High Performance Materials are working to develop a portable energy source using light from the sun to produce organic solar cells. Dr. Sarah E. Morgan, associate professor of polymer science in the School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, is one of [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 15,2012
Tags: education, Fresh water, higher education, hurricane, research, researcher, science, scientist, severe weather, study, tropical weather, university, Weather
GULF COAST — If a hurricane’s path carries it over large areas of fresh water, it will potentially intensify 50 percent faster than those that do not pass over such regions, meaning it has greater potential to become a stronger storm and be more devastating, according to a study co-written by a group of researchers [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 15,2012
Tags: biologist, biology, ecosystem, education, environment, fingerlings, fish, fisherman, fishing, higher education, outdoors, release, research, science, scientists, state agency, wildlife
SAINT LOUIS BAY — The Seatrout Population Enhancement Cooperative (SPEC), a partnership of the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL), Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) and Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) of Mississippi since 2005, is releasing thousands of spotted seatrout fingerlings into the waters of Saint Louis Bay this week. Yesterday’s [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 10,2012
Tags: biology, crab, drought, dry, ecosystem, education, environment, explosion, higher education, hurricane, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, pollution, research, seafood, severe weather, shellfish, shrimp, study, tourism, tourist, tropical weather, university, vacation, visitor, Weather, wildlife
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — University of New Orleans researchers are getting federal money to study shrimp and crab populations over the 120 miles of coast between Lake Borgne in Louisiana to Mobile Bay in Alabama. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced funding the $1.2 million five-year study of blue crabs, brown shrimp and white [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 8,2012
Tags: agriculture, commodity, cotton, crop, drought, dry, education, farm, farmer, farming, higher education, research, row crop, scientist, severe weather, university, Weather
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Despite high heat and long periods without rain, the state’s cotton is looking pretty good, although dealing with reduced acres. Nationally, producers planted 14 percent less cotton this year than last, primarily because of high corn and soybean prices. Mississippi followed this national trend; producers planted 580,000 acres of cotton in 2012 [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 3,2012
Tags: animal, biologist, biology, crocodilian, education, environment, genetics, higher education, outdoors, reptile, research, science, university, wildlife
STARKVILLE — A Mississippi State University biologist’s fascination with crocodiles has brought together researchers from the United States and Australia to study the genetic building blocks of a reptile order. In the process, they hope to discover ways to conserve endangered animals, harness the antibiotic properties of alligator blood and isolate the genes that determine [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 30,2012
Tags: agriculture, bean, commodity, crop, drought, dry, education, farm, farmer, farming, higher education, hot, research, row crop, science, scientist, severe weather, Soybean, university, Weather
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Agriculture experts at Mississippi State University say Mississippi’s soybean crop needs more moisture to complete what has at times been a dry season. Mississippi State’s University Extension Service says recent rains, along with irrigation, have helped after a dry spell in June. “We are thankful for the rain that we’ve received this [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 23,2012
Tags: agriculture, college, commodity, disease, education, farm, farmer, farming, higher education, leaf blight, plant disease, Plant Pathology, research, row crop, row farmer, row farming, science, Soybean, university
STONEVILLE — Mississippi State University scientists are trying to identify soybean varieties resistant to a disease that can reduce yields by more than 20 bushels per acre. MSU plant pathologist Gabe Sciumbato and research associate Walter Solomon are checking soybean varieties for purple leaf blight through MSU’s soybean variety trials. Both are Mississippi Agricultural and [...] [...]
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