Molecular Biologist to Lead International Fungal Genome Project
New Mexico State University (NMSU)An international team of scientists will investigate the genome of a fungus that helps crops grow and may be important in controlling global climate.
An international team of scientists will investigate the genome of a fungus that helps crops grow and may be important in controlling global climate.
Researchers have completed the first phase of what will be the most detailed map ever produced of the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border and its 39 crossings, including data on all roads, railroads, airports and ports of entry along the border, plus socioeconomic data and environmental info.
Geologist, former Apollo astronaut, and former U.S. Senator Harrison Hagan Schmitt will receive an honorary doctorate at spring commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 15.
A new Interstate 10 bridge in Las Cruces looks ordinary, but it's much "smarter" than the average bridge. Embedded in its beams are fiber-optic sensors that will allow engineers to carefully monitor its safety, says New Mexico State University civil engineering professor Rola Idriss.
A group of research teams in Las Cruces, NM, is working toward greater understanding of the relationships between water, energy and the environment.
The annual Ride for the 4-H Clover motorcycle tour is an awareness campaign for the Cooperative Extension Service 4-H program.
Dual-purpose canola is being explored as an Eastern New Mexico crop based on a New Mexico State University research project.
The "Minerals and their Roles in Ranch Sustainability" symposium helps ranchers consider the importance of mineral nutrition for their cattle herds.
An initiative at NMSU is underway to ensure that research processes are examined and changed to allow the researchers to spend as much time conducting research.
Researchers in Las Cruces, NM, are exploring unconventional ways to encourage shoppers to purchase more fresh fruit and vegetables.
A Las Cruces, NM professor focuses on a embodied restorying process to help veterans and their families begin to find empowerment.
NMSU's Arrowhead Center provides support for entrepreneurial alumnus Aaron Garcia, CEO of SiliconMesa.
A College of Business researcher is studying how Native American tribal values can be applied in today's business world.
A Las Cruces professor is one of a limited group of scientists now beta testing a handheld genome sequencer.
A massive collection of a unique genre of folk art called retablos is housed in Las Cruces, NM.
More than 200 researchers, including a Las Cruces professor, are part of an international collaboration in sequencing DNA for all major groups of birds.
The journal "Science" features a paper about mosquito DNA co-authored by 120 scientists from around the world, including a Las Cruces professor and student.
Las Cruces based astronomers have been contributing to a suite of experiments that includes studies of Milky Way stars.
A provisionally patented technology from an NMSU researcher could revolutionize carbon dioxide capture and help significantly reduce pollution worldwide.
The Board of Regents at New Mexico State University approved a new, linearized tuition model which provides a financial benefit for students taking at least 15 credit hours per semester.
A newly formed medical school in New Mexico, the Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine, will admit its first class in August 2016.
The Aggie Corporation will allow NMSU to better manage and develop its land, property and water assets.
The Spiritual Center, a new facility available for weddings, memorial services and peaceful meditation regardless of faith, is now open at the Las Cruces campus.
Researchers at NMSU's Chile Pepper Institute are almost ready to release the NuMex Sandia Select, a Sandia variety that allows the traditionally red chile pepper to be used as a green chile.
The architecture and design of NMSU's Center for the Arts was highlighted in the January issue of College Planning and Management magazine.
Wildlife professor Gary Roemer and guests will hold a workshop Dec. 17-18 at the Pete V. Domenici Hall to address how landscape genetics can be used to understand the genetic structure of golden eagles.
Among 42 candidates from across the country, student Caleb Gustin became one of just six chosen to serve on the 2014-2015 National FFA Officer Team.
Faculty and staff were honored Dec. 4 for improving the quality of their online courses during the Instructional Innovation and Quality recognition and awards celebration.
A Las Cruces professor is focusing on the role that progesterone and receptors that bind progesterone play in breast cancer.
A professor of Urban Entomology is interested in researching urban pests that most affect people’s everyday lives including house flies.
This alfalfa variety was released in June 2009 and was favorably reviewed by the National Alfalfa and Miscellaneous Legume Variety Review Board in January 2010.
Romero has been researching the biology, sexuality and behavior of cockroaches for two years, mainly studying the Turkestan cockroach, which is the most prevalent cockroach southern New Mexico.
Bernd Leinauer is a turfgrass expert, studying and researching ways to preserve green spaces in places like New Mexico, where water scarcity is a big problem.
Established in 1991, the Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center has operated an independent environmental monitoring program for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant to detect for exposure to radioactive materials.
Since 1993 New Mexico State University has helped change the lives of students in the state through the New Mexico Alliance for Minority Participation.
Faculty, staff and students in the New Mexico State University Bridge Inspection Program are working to prevent tragedies and keep citizens safe.
The Communication Studies Graduate Student Association in the College of Arts and Sciences organized a book drive that helped collect more than 600 books and magazines for a library at Jardin de los Ninos.
The Creative Media Institute at New Mexico State University has been ranked as one of the top 10 animation and game design schools in the Southwest by Animation Career Review.
Astronomy professor Jason Jackiewicz studies the sun’s (and other stars’) interior using seismology.
New Mexico State University’s recent production of “The Misanthrope” earned four nominations from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.
Researchers at NMSU are seeking donations to fund a project that could help estimate the population of Mexican wolves in the country in a way that is faster, cheaper and more accurate than the current method of tracking.
Team members worked to improve the white cane, a device used by visually impaired persons to become more aware of their surroundings.
Wei Tang, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at New Mexico State University, is taking a cue from nature to devise the next generation of integrated low-power, wearable micro-devices.
NMSU Associate Professor Brad Shuster is the recipient of two grants totaling more than $1.2 million.
New Mexico State University is a core member-university on a team that will operate a new Federal Aviation Administration National Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems. The Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) would operate the new center.
Immo Hansen, an associate professor at New Mexico State University, received $100,000 Grand Challenges Exploration grant funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for his project to develop SkitoSnack, an alternative meal for mosquitoes, to meet a critical need for researchers trying to stop the spread of the disease-carrying insect
New Mexico is following the nation in the demand for locally-grown fruits and vegetables. New Mexico State University is working with small-acreage farmers around the state to meet the demand. At a recent vegetable-farming workshop in Albuquerque, 90 percent of attendees farmed 10 acres or less and 75 percent had farmed for less than 10 years.
The brain hidden inside the oldest known Old World monkey skull has been visualized for the first time with the help of two professors and a graduate from New Mexico State University. The ancient monkey, known scientifically as Victoriapithecus, first made headlines in 1997 when its fossilized skull was discovered on an island in Kenya’s Lake Victoria, where it lived 15 million years ago by NMSU anthropology professors Brenda Benefit and Monte McCrossin.