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New plant means more active partnership with university

MBJ Staff — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:47:02 +0000

ELLISVILLE and HATTIESBURG — The official opening of GE Aviation’s new plant in Ellisville will mark a significant uptick in the partnership between the manufacturer and the University of Southern Mississippi. Tomorrow, GE Aviation opens its new facility at the Howard Technology Park in Ellisville. Previously, the Southern Miss School of Polymers and High Performance [...]

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Beachcombers can look for research project’s ‘drift cards’

Associated Press — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:26:14 +0000

GULF OF MEXICO — A Texas A&M University research program could put cash in a finder’s pocket for something that washes ashore along the Gulf of Mexico. So-called “drift cards” are meant to study ocean currents. People who report the location of the biodegradable notes will be eligible to win a $25 gift card. Piers [...]

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NASA awards Space Launch System grant to MSU

MBJ Staff — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:07:47 +0000

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 [...]

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Scientists studying rooftop gardens on Coast

MBJ Staff — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:51:00 +0000

GULFPORT — Horticulture scientists at Mississippi State University are studying and recording the effects of the coastal climate on rooftop gardens in Gulfport. When they learned the eight green roofs at the Armed Forces Retirement Home were struggling to survive, Christine Coker and Gary Bachman, both horticulture scientists at MSU’s Coastal Research and Extension Center, [...]

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New water management strategy could save farmers money

MBJ Staff — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:32:44 +0000

STONEVILLE — Ten years of research indicates that a water management strategy can save rice producers money on fuel and conserve water without hurting yields. Joe Massey, a scientist with the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station and professor in Mississippi State University’s Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, has focused his career on water [...]

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Farmers concerned about disease that threatens bats

MBJ Staff — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:03:11 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Bats, an organic method of pest control, may become rare in the United States and Canada. The primary predators of night-flying insects, bats reduce the need for chemical pesticides and save the agriculture industry an estimated $3 billion per year in pest-control costs. But bat populations across the Eastern United States are [...]

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MSU researchers create new forest inventory system

MBJ Staff — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:22:10 +0000

STARKVILLE — Researchers at Mississippi State University’s Forest and Wildlife Research Center have created the Mississippi Forest Monitoring and Information System, a forest inventory and information system that combines satellite remote sensing data and ground surveys. It is the first time forest-related satellite data and ground measurements have been combined on such a large scale [...]

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MEP.ms: Polymer group assists in plant expansions

MBJ Staff — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:52:06 +0000

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 [...]

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USM researchers looking to produce organic solar cells

MBJ Staff — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:01:11 +0000

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 [...]

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Study: Large areas of fresh water boost hurricane strength

MBJ Staff — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:18:57 +0000

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 [...]

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