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A new organization will link African agricultural professionals abroad and in Africa together to strengthen the continent’s agricultural and rural development.

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South Dakota State University Department of Plant Science is carrying out fieldwork for the first major inventory of the native bees in the Black Hills. Biologists know that at least 100 species of bees are found in the region. But there’s a possibility that perhaps 80 or more additional species could be found there which will help determine the health of the region.

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A South Dakota State University researcher and his colleagues elsewhere have discovered a previously unreported mitochondrial protein that interacts with a protein known to play a role in Alzheimer’s disease.

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A South Dakota State University scientist’s research shows an extract made from a food plant in the Brassica family was effective in alleviating signs of ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel condition, in mice.

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South Dakota State University research shows a traditional Asian flatbread called chapathi, or chapati, gets a big boost in protein and fiber when fortified with food-grade distillers grains.

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A major grant from the National Science Foundation is funding the South Dakota State University researcher’s work building a high-tech microscope that will allow scientists to make movies of unprecedented resolution to show biochemical machinery at work inside living cells.

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South Dakota State University mathematicians are helping doctors of the Mayo Clinic build mathematical models to fine-tune an innovative strategy to treat cancer.

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A species of clover that doesn’t typically perform well in the dry uplands of the Northern Plains could find its niche by helping producers grow biomass crops for energy in prairie lowlands.

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A new study using satellite imagery finds the greatest loss in forest cover wasn't in rain forests, but in boreal forests in places like North America.

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Stem canker caused by a fungus, can severely create losses in soybean crop yield. Midwestern and north central regions of the United States and Ontario, Canada were plagued by the northern fungus in the late 1940s and early 1950s that was eradicated. Southern stem canker arose in the 1970s and continues to be a significant problem. The northern fungus now appears to have returned.

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Scientists at South Dakota State are exploring ways to re-use enzymes, up to five times, by attaching them to beads in order to offer great industry savings for processes such as making cellulosic ethanol.

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South Dakota entomologists have discovered a way to preserve & grow rare, captive lady beetles that could help farmers fight invasive aphids harmful to their crops. It's all a matter of paying attention to diet & enlisting help from citizen scientists.

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South Dakota State University research is exploring a native perennial called cup plant as a potential new biomass crop that could also store carbon in its extensive root system and add biodiversity to biomass plantings.

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A new Web-based tool at South Dakota State University helps plant breeders & researchers worldwide analyze molecular data to select best grapes & other plant stock to breed better plants.

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Warmer, drier climate will have negative effects on waterfowl that need prairie pothole region of central North America for wetlands & nesting habitat.

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Federal research dollars help South Dakota State University scientists build a first-of-its-kind microscope that could help develop better solar cells to convert sunlight to electricity.

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South Dakota State University researchers used the Native American spiritual concept of the Medicine Wheel to help bring positive changes for American Indian diabetics.

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Research to create high-fiber, high-protein flour from dried distillers grain gives use for ethanol by-products while it combats world hunger.

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Environmental Protection Agency funds study that says climate change has effect on continent's waterfowl numbers.

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South Dakota State University researchers and their colleagues elsewhere in the U.S. and France found compelling evidence of a previously undocumented volcanic eruption that contributed to extremely cold decade from 1810-1819.

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A study to inventory native species of bees in the Black Hills will help biologists determine stressors on habitat to help fully understand environmental changes in the region.

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A linguistic professor whose office shelves hold more books than some small school libraries, laments that college students don't know the language of the world in which they live because they don't own or use dictionaries.

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A $1.5 million USDA grant will look at changing lifestyle behaviors of college students in an effort to reduce growing obesity among young adults. The 3-year study will seek input from students among a consortium of 11 institutions to develop an Internet-based, intervention program.

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Prairie lakes are more likely to carry elevated mercury levels during wet cycles that can affect fish caught in them & subsequently consumed by people.

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A study comparing fat mass versus lean mass as a factor in bone development of Hutterite children shows that lean mass has a positive effect on bone.

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When velvetleaf weed grows in competition with corn, its genes used for photosynthesis and cell division are enhanced more so than if the weed grew in a monoculture.

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Research suggests skin cancer curative and preventative can be found in substance found in Red Sea soft coral. Researchers from South Dakota State University found that treating skin cancer cells with different concentrations of sarcophine-diol, made from a substance in Red Sea coral, impacts proliferation of cancer cells.

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Research could make it easier for cell phone uses in a given area to share information and save money doing so.

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New research from South Dakota State University gives evidence that including flax in the diet may help prevent colorectal tumors or keep tumors from growing as quickly when they do form.

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Ethanol production used less than 5% of the nation's corn in 1990-91 but used as much as 24% in 2007-08. South Dakota, one of the top five ethanol producing states, used 60% of corn grown in that year affecting availability of corn for feed and exports.

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Scientists will use research on two continents to develop models for predicting where and when the risk of mosquito-borne diseases is greatest.

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The study of wave structure and turbulence helps provide valuable information to predict how often waves are generated, the velocity of them, how long they last and their temporal extent.

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A South Dakota State University study showed that women who began menstruating at an earlier age had a higher percentage of body fat as adults than women who began menstruating later. Women who began menstruating earlier also had higher bone mineral density in the hip as adults.

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South Dakota State University pharmaceutical scientists investigate whether stressing cancer cells can make cancer radiation treatment and chemotherapy more effective. They have been testing different compounds over the past six years to see what might effectively stress cancer by blocking the enzyme, glutathione reductase.

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A program supported by university researchers, farmers and soybean groups is introducing tiny parasitic insects to control soybean aphids in South Dakota and neighboring states. The hope is to better control the pest by introducing a natural predator. While it won't get rid of the problem, it will likely reduce the need to spray pesticide as often.

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A South Dakota State University researcher has demonstrated that seed color & dormancy may come from the same gene. The implication may lead to greater understanding of biological mechanisms in other seed-bearing plants.

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NASA is funding researchers in South Dakota to track biodiversity in the Brazilian Amazon. South Dakota State University's Geographic Information Science Center of Excellence is teaming up with researchers in Brazil & other U.S. & United Kingdom universities to interpret satellite imagery of three specific kinds of disturbances in the Amazon. The $1 million dollar research will offer knowledge about the threats to people, plants & animals caused by deforestation & forest disturbances.

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State-of-the-art equipment will help South Dakota researchers find cost effective ways to convert sunlight to electricity. The equipment will also help produce large-area electronic devices used in high resolution, high power electronic displays.

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Collaboration with international hot air balloon manufacturer gives high altitude research experiment data to physics & biology microbiology scientists. Study results show microbial stress tolerance, electronic circuit board performance & temperature & pressure data affects of altitude on subjects.

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New materials to make devices that convert to cheaper, more efficient electricity is at the heart of research by scientists at South Dakota State University. New technology relies on carbon-based polymers and molecules to find new materials & novel structures to make photovoltaic devices that are cost efficient.

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Discovering a key to better drug delivery for cancer patients may come from submicroscopic particles in distillers grains, a co-product of ethanol production. Researchers at South Dakota State University are preparing corn protein, or zein, to deliver new cancer therapies. Such research makes use of co-products of ethanol production & also serves a population, who for dietary or religious reasons, doesn't take in animal-based protein.

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Pharmaceutical scientists examine molecules to strengthen the effectiveness of sunscreen to combat & prevent skin cancer. Their research goes beyond protection & offers effective treatment for skin cancer.

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South Dakota State University entomologists have joined a nationwide search for rare ladybugs. A $2 million National Science Foundation grant enabled the Lost Ladybug Project led by scientists at Cornell and SDSU along with researchers from two other state institutions. The project is enlisting help of children in order to foster a curiosity & appreciation of the natural world.

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University professor gives advice on making transition from high school to college math.

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Brass instrument music professor John Colson has developed techniques for teaching & playing musical instruments with orthodontic braces. The former conductor & director of the South Dakota State University Civic Symphony Orchestra wrote a book with study materials, practice procedures and assignment guide for budding instrumentalists with braces.

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Keith Clark, the bugler who hit a wrong note while playing taps at President John F. Kennedy's burial, may have been wrongly criticized. Scholar, SDSU Music Department head & trumpeter David Reynolds sets the record straight. Hasty planning, military protocol, cold weather & temporary deafness could have caused "a lesser trumpet player ... not even (to) come close to playing as beautifully as he did."

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Scientists are gearing up for development of experiments to conduct in a deep underground science and engineering laboratory in the former Homestake Gold Mine in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

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Cutting-edge research at South Dakota State University may yield a new therapy that targets only cancer cells, leaving healthy cells unharmed. Pharmacy associate professor Marek Malecki's "suicide gene therapy" recognizes cancer cells and introduces genetic material to make those cells die by apoptosis.

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Researchers at South Dakota State University are mapping native prairie cordgrass for its use as biomass in making cellulosic ethanol. The two-year project will look at chemical composition of cordgrass to improve disease resistance & reduce the amount of lignin in the dry matter. The Northern Plains crop offers another resource for the bioenergy industry.

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South Dakota State University chemistry assistant professor studies metabolites left in human hair longterm after exposure to chemical warfare agents that will help medical treatment for the person exposed and litigation against chemical warfare users.