STARKVILLE, Mississippi, June 24 (TNSGra) -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: A Mississippi State faculty member is the recipient of a National Science Foundation grant worth over $400,000 for research which could lead to improved pharmaceuticals for disease-fighting drugs, medical and dental implants, and everyday materials such as specialty plastics. Vicky Montiel-Palma, an assistant professor of chemistry, received the three-year $411,200 grant from the NSF Division o  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 24 (TNSAwa) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Col. Brandon Thompson has won the nationally competitive and prestigious Briggs Dissertation Award for his dissertation, "Development and Human Factors Evaluation of a Portable Auditory Localization Acclimation Training System." Sponsored by Division 21 of the American Psychological Association, the award is presented annually to the most distinguished dissertation in the field of applied experimental and engine  more