Rain gardens reduce urban runoff, protect environment
A rain garden filled with native shrubs and perennial grasses and flowers can both beautify your yard and protect the environment. Now residents can see how it works.
18-Mar-2019 3:05 AM EDT
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Tracing Early Pioneers of Steel Pedal Guitar
The pedal steel guitar is the province of the mavericks—people who were not afraid to roll up their sleeves and tinker with their instrument, according to Anthony Lis, who is researching five early pioneers.
6-Mar-2019 6:05 PM EST
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Clover improves soil quality, feeds biofuels crop
Planting Kura clover, a pasture legume, with prairie cordgrass can improve microbial activity in the soil, thus reducing the amount of fertilizer needed to produce the potential biofuels crop.
28-Feb-2019 1:05 PM EST
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Balancing Power Plant Emissions, Operational Costs
Combining emissions modeling with operational cost analyses can help companies select locations for coal-powered electricity plants. That will help reduce the public’s exposure to airborne pollutants while providing customers with the electricity...
25-Feb-2019 3:05 PM EST
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Senior design students develop materials for space station
Mechanical engineering students are working with NASA engineers to develop 3D printing materials that one day be used at the International Space Station, as part of the eXploration Systems and Habitation Academic Innovation Challenge.
21-Feb-2019 10:05 AM EST
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Ora-curcumin formulation on its way to health product market
A unique formulation will allow the development of nutraceutical products by increasing the bioavailability of curcumin, a powerful anti-inflammatory, through the start-up company Turmeric Ultra Inc.
12-Feb-2019 1:05 PM EST
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New Sensor to Monitor Blood Sugar Through a Breath
A simple puff into a handheld device may one day be all it takes for people with diabetes to monitor their blood sugar
8-Feb-2019 4:05 PM EST
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Community-based programs to improve medication adherence
In rural South Dakota where two-thirds of the counties have a health-care professional shortage and the nearest pharmacy might be an hour’s drive away, pharmacists can be key to helping patients ‘take their medicine.”
6-Feb-2019 12:05 PM EST
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Ramping Corn Production for E15 Blend Using Precision Agriculture
18-Oct-2018 11:55 AM EDT
Helping Sunflower Producers Fight Stem Canker
Fungicides can help prevent the lodging and yield loss that stem canker causes, but timing is crucial. A new disease-forecasting model that predicts stem canker risk can help.
23-Feb-2018 12:05 PM EST
Identifying Pathogens That Cause Soybean Stem Canker
Soybean diseases caused by various species of Diaporthe pathogens are on the rise and scientists are identifying the pathogens behind this increase.
2-Nov-2017 6:05 PM EDT
More Bat Sightings Coincide with Fledglings Leaving Nest
An increased number of bat sightings in the fall coincide with young bat being encouraged to leave the nest and fend for themselves.
25-Aug-2017 10:05 AM EDT
Deny “Red-Carpet” Treatment to Rogue Leaders
8-Aug-2017 6:05 PM EDT
Antarctica Iceberg: Has It Happened Before?
14-Jul-2017 8:05 AM EDT
Keep Your Guard Up Against West Nile Virus, Say South Dakota Scientists
30-Jun-2017 4:05 PM EDT
Turkey Referendum: Parliamentary System Eroded Through Fraudulent Elections
20-Apr-2017 11:05 AM EDT
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