Research Highlights

A multi-institutional study on America’s free-roaming horses shows how genetic tools can provide a noninvasive way to analyze herbivore diets and better inform conservation and management. The research is supported by a $6 million NSF EPSCoR award through the Genomes Underlying Toxin Tolerance project, which is building research and education capacity in Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming and Alaska.

Meet Presbyterian College’s Drs. Ladie Kimberly De La Cruz, assistant professor of chemistry, and Stuart Gordon, assistant professor of biology, and students Alana White and Yasmeen Rasasi. De La Cruz, Gordon and students have a new publication, “Effects of Low-Dose Carbon Monoxide on Antibiotic Efficacy,” in microPublication Biology.

In a state where the majority of land is covered by forests, monitoring them is critical to understanding and maintaining their health. Forests are constantly changing based on the environment, now more than ever with increased drought conditions in Maine. To understand these changes, there needs to be comprehensive data available to stakeholders in the forest industry.

With support from a new NSF EPSCoR Research Fellows award, Oklahoma State University is leading the way in next-generation fire suppression technology through the work of Shen, assistant professor of fire protection and safety engineering technology in the

School of Fire, Construction and Emergency Management.

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.VA. – A new five-year strategic plan to further build West Virginia’s science and technology sectors calls on the state to redouble its efforts and move forward in advancing the role of education, research, and innovation in its economy.

PEPBI is a curated dataset from NSF EPSCoR BIO-SENS researchers at Auburn University that brings together 329 peptide–protein complexes.

"Resilience" has become a buzzword across fields, including agriculture. U.S. Department of Agriculture strategic plans and documents advocate for it, but although the USDA's National Agricultural Library has a dictionary with more than 77,000 agricultural terms and concepts, "resilience" is not one of them. Four University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientists and about 15 other scientists across North America are working to change that.

A study by Iowa State University (ISU) researchers shows the viability of using bio-oils to plug abandoned oil wells, an application that could drive economic growth for Iowans with farm and forest waste.

Microbes are tiny organisms that are far too small to see with the naked eye, but they play a big role in a variety of natural processes. Researchers harness microbes for useful processes, like fermentation, but these microscopic organisms can also be harmful.

Almost 70 team members gathered in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire last week for our first NH-LIFT (Long-term Investment to Fuel Transformative Research) annual team meeting.