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A new study from ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ reveals reductions in tillage intensity have led to an increase in soil organic carbon levels and an increase in corn and soybean yields.

ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Endowed Alfred Chair associate professor in dairy manufacturing Maneesha Mohan is utilizing nanosized bubbles to improve the efficiency of dairy wastewater treatment.

A Brookings-based animal health company, Medgene, is leading a revolution in the development of veterinary vaccines that is turning the tide in the endless battle against animal disease.

When NASA announced the finalists for its prestigious RASC-AL space design contest, ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ had doubly good reasons to celebrate. Both of its entries in the Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concept-Academic Linkage contest were selected in the small lunar servicing and maintenance robot division. A total of 14 teams were selected in three divisions.

Fifty-four students, teachers and mentors participated in the South Dakota Space Design Competition at ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ March 8-9 with the top students advancing to the world championship at Kennedy Space Center in July. Students came from high schools in South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota. Participants were matched with other students they did not know in order to add to the communications challenge.

Researchers from ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ's Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics contributed to a global study that found cyanide — a highly poisonous chemical in large doses — plays a major role in the normal functioning of our bodies.

Innovative drone technology proposed by a quartet of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ mechanical engineering students has lifted them to the finals of NASA contest. The team was one of eight schools chosen to compete in the finals of the NASA Gateways to Blue Skies Competition at Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California, May 20-21.

In new research from ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ, a novel framework for accelerating the speed at which reinforcement learning algorithms are trained has been developed by researchers in the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering.

Researchers in ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ's Department of Dairy and Food Science are improving the shelf life of strawberries and raspberries using biodegradable packaging material.

Researchers in ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ's College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences are developing the next generation of innovative packaging materials that may help curb the Earth's ongoing plastic waste crisis.