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The North Dakota Centers of Excellence Commission has approved $1.35 million to fund a new Center of Research Excellence (CORE) called the Center for Life Sciences Research and Applications at North Dakota State University, Fargo. Based at NDSU, the Center will conduct life sciences research with private partners, including Sanford Research and the RJ Lee Group, Inc., which are contributing cash and in-kind contributions totaling $2.7 million for the Center.

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Tracking and identifying metal objects can prove difficult for some radio frequency identification (RFID) systems. A patent-pending technology developed by a research team at the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at North Dakota State University, Fargo, could solve these RFID tracking problems. The antennaless RFID tag developed at CNSE could help companies track products as varied as barrels of oil to metal cargo containers.

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A discovery by a research team at North Dakota State University, Fargo, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shows that the flexibility and durability of carbon nanotube films and coatings are intimately linked to their electronic properties and could impact flexible electronic devices such as solar cells and wearable sensors.

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Dr. Marinus Otte, professor of biological sciences at North Dakota State University, Fargo, N.D., USA, has been named the new Editor-in-Chief of Wetlands, an international scientific journal. The Society of Wetland Scientists Board and Executive announced the appointment, which begins immediately and extends to 2016.

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A new free smartphone application from the North Dakota State University Extension Service, Fargo, aims to help stranded motorists. The Winter Survival Kit app is available free for both Android and iOS systems.

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Middle school and high school students from the U.S., Bangladesh, India and Uganda will meet by teleconference at North Dakota State University, Fargo, N.D., USA on Saturday, Nov. 19, to present research from a six-month wastewater recycling project called WateRediscover. NDSU will stream the teleconference live at http://134.129.203.38/tcs

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The Department of Visual Arts at North Dakota State University, Fargo, has announced that Lori Larusso, Lexington, Ky., has been named the 2012 James Rosenquist Artist in Residence. Ms. Larusso will work spring semester 2012 in the studio dedicated for the program at NDSU’s Downtown Visual Arts Department, interacting with students, holding public lectures, and opening her studio for visitors.

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Researchers from North Dakota State University, Fargo, and COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan, are working together to design a solar water heating system for harsh climates, using carbon dioxide and a direct expansion heat pump for operation in subfreezing conditions.

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A new electronics manufacturing technology developed at North Dakota State University, Fargo, eliminates challenges facing conventional packaging techniques and shows promise to significantly reduce the size and unit cost of microelectronic devices. The technology, called Laser-Enabled Advanced Packaging (LEAP™), has the potential to enable high-volume handling, placement and interconnection of microelectronic components smaller than ever before possible.

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Dr. Stuart G. Croll, chair of the Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials at North Dakota State University, Fargo, will deliver the Mattiello Memorial Lecture at its American Coatings Conference, May 7-9, 2012, in Indianapolis, Ind., in conjunction with the American Coatings Show, May 8-10. The Joseph J. Mattiello Memorial Lecture Award is designed to recognize an individual who has made outstanding contributions to science, technology, and/or engineering related to the coatings industry.

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If you’re dealing with a crabby co-worker or sour-faced friend, perhaps some new research can help. It sheds light on the question: Can eating sweets make you—well—sweet? A new study by researchers at North Dakota State University, Fargo, Gettysburg College and Saint Xavier University suggests people with a “sweet tooth” have sweeter dispositions.

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What do art and science have in common? Plenty. Art and science will converge at the 2011 North Dakota-South Dakota Joint EPSCoR Conference held on Tuesday, Oct. 4 at approximately noon in the North Dakota State University Memorial Union Ballroom, Fargo, N.D. Julie Arslanoglu, Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Scientific Research at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y., is the featured speaker for the event.

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The North Dakota State University Research Foundation (NDSU/RF) announced today that it has concluded a license agreement with Elinor Specialty Coatings, Fargo, N.D., for removable protective coatings for outdoor bronze monuments and statues. The agreement gives Elinor exclusive rights to further develop and market the technology developed at North Dakota State University, Fargo.

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Research conducted by a team of biological scientists published in PLoS ONE suggests that conservation biologists and managers should consider the prospect that populations transferred to new environments might rapidly evolve and foil original management plans. Study results raise the question of whether current biological conservation practices should take into account the possibility of contemporary evolution, to increase the chances of species survival from extinction.

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A smartphone app developed by North Dakota State University Extension Service and Myriad Devices could help people who need to document damages from this weekend’s Hurricane Irene for their insurance claims. The Disaster Recovery Log app helps you record information about damages to your home and property using text, images and audio. Download Disaster Recovery Log from the Android Market. http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/extension/apps/disaster-recovery-journal

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Several crops produced in the U.S. could play a significant role in biobased resins and coatings recently developed by researchers at North Dakota State University, Fargo. The NDSU researchers have developed a family of resins from renewable raw materials, creating resins that eliminate hazardous components such as formaldehyde and bisphenol-A. The resins are based on sucrose and vegetable oils, and can be varied to perform in many applications and industries.

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North Dakota State University professor Chung S. Park is among the researchers presenting at the Era of Hope scientific conference in Orlando, Fla., Aug. 2-5, hosted by the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP). Research by Dr. Park suggests that a pregnant mother’s diet that contains certain nutrients can potentially reduce the risk of breast cancer in her female offspring.

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More North Dakota State University students will receive the opportunity to conduct research in Antarctica. The National Science Foundation has awarded a $292,568 grant to geology professors Adam R. Lewis and Ken Lepper of North Dakota State University, Fargo, and an additional $287,416 to Jane Willenbring, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The grant funding will be used to conduct field research in Antarctica in late 2011 and to support as many as seven graduate and undergraduate students as research continues through 2014.

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A new book titled “Children, War and Propaganda” examines wartime contributions of U.S. children in World War I and World War II. Author Ross Collins, Ph.D., communication professor at North Dakota State University, Fargo, researched how groups have integrated children into the war experience through propaganda.

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Dereck Stonefish, a first-year graduate student in the Department of Biological Sciences at North Dakota State University, Fargo, has been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Stonefish, who is pursuing a doctorate degree in zoology, is conducting research on the migratory ecology of red-winged blackbirds and yellow-headed blackbirds

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Research underway by a team of scientists and engineers at North Dakota State University, Fargo, could result in products to meet market demand for “green” composite building materials.

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Dr. Martin Ossowski has been named director of the Center for Computationally Assisted Science & Technology (CCAST) at North Dakota State University, Fargo.

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Dinesh Katti, professor of civil engineering at North Dakota State University, Fargo, was named the recipient of the “John Booker Excellence Medal,” a prestigious international award presented by the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG).

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A scientific article by North Dakota State University researchers has been recognized by the scientific journal Soft Matter, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom. The journal promotes outstanding work by naming hot scientific articles that are featured on the journal’s web site. The article, titled “Host-Guest” Interaction between Cyclohexasilane and Amphiphilic Invertible Macromolecules,” examines the extent of the interaction between liquid cyclohexasilane and candidate oxygen-containing polymers.

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Two North Dakota State University researchers have received a prestigious Roon Award at the 2011 CoatingsTech Conference, held March 14-16 in Rosemont, Ill. Samim Alam, graduate student in the NDSU Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials, and Bret Chisholm, senior research scientist at the NDSU Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering, Fargo, received the first place award for their technical paper titled “Coatings Derived from Novel, Soybean Oil-Based Polymers Produced Using Living Carbocationic Polymerization.”

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a two-year, $1.08 million competitive grant award to Dr. Brian Slator, North Dakota State University computer science professor, for his faculty start-up venture known as WoWiWe (pronounced Wow’ ee) Instruction Co. The group develops internet-based educational software. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant through NIH’s National Center for Research Resources will be used to develop a multi-user virtual biology environment for discovery-oriented science education.

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North Dakota State University will be the site of an international physics conference to be held Aug. 8-12, 2011. The Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics (DSFD) 20th International Conference will include attendees from more than 14 countries, according to Alexander Wagner, conference organizer and associate professor of physics at NDSU.

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A novel vertical data mining method developed at North Dakota State University offers significant accuracy and scalability advantages over current methods. University Distinguished Professor Dr. William Perrizo and his team at NDSU, Fargo, have developed a technology tool to help government and businesses quickly process massive data sets. Treeminer, Inc., announced today that it has concluded a license agreement with the NDSU Research Foundation (NDSU/RF). The agreement gives Treeminer exclusive rights to further develop, market, and sell the patented, award-winning data mining solutions.

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Dr. Dean C. Webster of North Dakota State University (NDSU) will receive the prestigious Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings for 2011 from the American Chemical Society (ACS). The purpose of the award is to encourage interest and progress in coatings science technology and engineering and to recognize significant contributions to the field.

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The Department of Visual Arts at North Dakota State University, Fargo, has announced that James Sham, Houston, Texas, has been named the 2011 James Rosenquist Artist in Residence at NDSU. The focus of Mr. Sham’s work is to create interactions within the public sphere. He is interested in producing and/or setting the stage for specific interpersonal actions, which often lead into mistranslations and unanticipated meanings. This relationship is captured as video, performance, installation, photography, or sculpture.

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A new report by an independent economic impact firm shows North Dakota State University's Research & Technology Park helps create jobs and generate revenue for local and state governments. The number of jobs in the Park jumped more than 74 percent over the past five years.

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By now you’ve received some holiday letters in the mail, or you’re frantically trying to finish writing and sending your own annual missive to friends and family. North Dakota State University Professor Ann Burnett, who is studying approximately 1,200 such letters from the past decade, says the letters provide clues to interpersonal dynamics, as well as to current events.

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Forget Santa and the North Pole. For a group of 8th graders, the real deal this winter is a team of North Dakota State University research scientists working on the earth’s southernmost and coldest continent of Antarctica, which includes the South Pole.

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Fargo, N.D., is rated first and Bismarck, N.D., second in the Milken Institute Best Performing Cities report for 2010 in the category of small cities.

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While many people will be pursuing the latest pop culture icons as Halloween costumes this year, one of the annual icons of Halloween might be viewed as the Rodney Dangerfield of Halloween symbols. The legendary comedian based his career on the line “I get no respect,” which might also apply to the misunderstood flying mammal known as bats. The animals often carry a negative connotation that doesn’t reflect the respective role bats play in biological ecosystems. Dr. Erin Gillam, a biological researcher at North Dakota State University, Fargo, conducts research on the role bats play in ecosystems around the globe, as well as on their ability to communicate.

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Some middle school students will get a unique perspective on research conducted more than 9,000 miles away by a team that includes a veteran of Antarctic expeditions. A five-member team from North Dakota State University’s Department of Geosciences heads to Antarctica this October to conduct research on Antarctica’s climate history. The team, whose research is funded by the National Science Foundation, includes Allan Ashworth, distinguished professor of geosciences; Adam Lewis, assistant professor of geosciences; geology undergraduate students Michael Ginsbach and Chad Crotty, and Alex Smith, graduate student in environmental and conservation sciences.

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A scientific article by researchers at North Dakota State University, Fargo, has been named one of the “Top-50 most cited articles” from 2007 to 2010, in the Journal of Aerosol Science published by Elsevier Science Ltd.

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The NDSU Center for Visual and Cognitive Neuroscience (CVCN) has received a five-year, $10.7 million competitive grant renewal from the National Center for Research Resources, a component of the National Institutes of Health.

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Two North Dakota State University professors have received $309,357 from the National Science Foundation for research to improve conversion and reduce costs of making ethanol from cellulosic biomass.

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Anoklase Ayitou, a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at North Dakota State University, Fargo, has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

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Whether you’re an elite athlete or weekend sports warrior, muscle cramps can affect performance. Research done by a North Dakota State University professor may shed light on how to alleviate them. Kevin C. Miller, Ph.D., certified athletic trainer and assistant professor of health, nutrition and exercise science at NDSU, investigates whether pickle juice affects muscle cramps.

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C. Satishchandran, formerly the chief technology officer of the Nucleic Acid-Based Therapeutics Division of the Biotherapeutics Division at Pfizer Inc., will direct the new Center for Biopharmaceutical Research and Production at North Dakota State University, Fargo.

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The blaze orange Honda Element car parks curbside midday in a rural community dotted with modest homes. An artist quietly approaches, placing a hand-thrown ceramic cup at each doorstep. The project carries the imprint of Michael J. Strand, head of the Visual Arts Department at North Dakota State University, Fargo.

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While some young scientists get their start doing experiments in kitchens and garages, a group of junior high students from West Fargo, N.D., set up experiments for a NASA challenge in their own basements. Mentored by a North Dakota State University professor, the group’s efforts have won them first place in NASA’s Waste Limitation Management and Recycling Design Challenge and if timing works out, a chance to witness the final launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on Friday afternoon.

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A major national grant received by a North Dakota State University biology researcher will help develop ways to effectively control insects and will bolster research opportunities for students to encourage careers in science. Kendra Greenlee, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology at North Dakota State University, Fargo, has received a Faculty Early Career Development award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Greenlee will receive a five-year, $800,000 award from the NSF to conduct research outlined in her proposal titled “Ontogenetic Changes in Tracheal System Structure and Function in Larval Insects.”

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North Dakota State University, Fargo, has been awarded a grant of $351,764 from the National Science Foundation’s Major Research Instrumentation Program, funded under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009. The grant will provide highly-specialized equipment for faculty, graduate and undergraduate research in biomaterials.

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North Dakota State University, Fargo, and Triton Systems, Inc. (Triton), a Massachusetts-based materials products company, have announced a research partnership and Triton’s plan to establish a new facility in the NDSU Research & Technology Park. The company’s Fargo facility will primarily be devoted to applications engineering and manufacturing of advanced coatings for military products including bed nets, tent fabrics, and military garments. Future applications include chemical detection sensing systems.

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North Dakota State University has named Michael Namkung, San Francisco, Calif., the 2010 James Rosenquist Artist in Residence at NDSU. Mr. Namkung will work spring semester 2010 in the studio dedicated for the program at NDSU’s Downtown Visual Arts Department, interacting with students, holding public lectures and opening his studio to visitors.

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Sivaguru Jayaraman, (Siva) Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry and molecular biology at North Dakota State University, Fargo, has been selected as the 2010 laureate of the Swiss Chemical Society’s Grammaticakis-Neumann Prize.

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While comedian Tommy Smothers always told his brother, “Mom always liked you best,” a study by biology researchers at North Dakota State University, Fargo, and Iowa State University, Ames, have found that female American coots favor their largest offspring, even before they hatch.