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 Associated Press Published: December 4,2012
Tags: employee, employer, employment, job, study, unemployment, work, worker, working, young adult
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Young adults in Mississippi were less likely to be employed in 2011 than their peers in other states, according to a national study. A Kids Count report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation said 51 percent of 20- to 24-year-olds in Mississippi had jobs in 2011. That’s the lowest employment rate in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 30,2012
Tags: blueprint, corridor, infrastructure, interstate, study, tavel, tourism, tourist, trade, traffic, transportation, vacation, visitor
DESOTO COUNTY — The public gets to ride the preparation trail for six additional months for DeSoto County’s long-awaited Interstate 69/269 International Trade Corridor study, launched in 2010 and now slated for completion by June 30, 2013. The pivotal blueprint — intended to guide development for decades along the route through DeSoto County — originally [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 29,2012
Tags: architect, architecture, arena, city, community development, concert, contract, feasibility, government, municipal, municipality, sports, study
JACKSON — A Mississippi consulting firm will conduct a study to determine the feasibility for the city of Monroe, La., to construct a new arena with the possibility of a four-star hotel near it. The News-Star reports the city council approved the $95,000 contract with Jackson-based M3A Architecture to allow the consulting firm to begin [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 26,2012
Tags: antibiotic, disease, drug, health, health care, illness, medical, medicine, prescription, public health, report, sick, study
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Research revealed during “Get Smart Week” shows that California joined Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington as the five states with the lowest antibiotic use in the nation in 2010. “Get Smart Week” is a national partnership launched by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to promote the appropriate use of [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 5,2012
Tags: agriculture, commodity, development, education, farm, farmer, farming, field, higher education, moisture, plant, professor, report, research, researcher, rice, row crop, science, scientist, study, test, university, water
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 [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 2,2012
Tags: confidence, economy, employment, job, optimism, recession, report, study, unemployment, work, worker
Director of research and policy Scott King and the Gulf Coast Business Council Research Foundation have released the quarterly CEO and Business Owners Confidence report for the third quarter 2012. “Business leaders see a modestly improving Gulf Coast economy,” said Jack Norris, president of the Gulf Coast Business Council. “It will be interesting to conduct [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 25,2012
Tags: application, ecosystem, electric, energy, environmewnt, federal agency, hydroelectric, power, river, study, sustainable energy, turbine, water, waterflow, wilflife
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — A company continues to study the feasibility of putting power-generating turbines in the Mississippi River. Free Flow Power, a Boston-based company, has filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a preliminary permit to study the feasibility of a hydropower project near Concordia Parish, La. Daniel Lissner with Free Flow [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 25,2012
Tags: analysis, ecosystem, education, environment, health, higher educastion, institute, partnership, public university, study, university, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies and Mississippi State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine will work together to study the health of the Gulf of Mexico. The Sun Herald reports representatives from each group announced a formal partnership to research protected, threatened and endangered species in the Gulf, especially after recent [...] [...]
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