STARKVILLE, Mississippi, July 27 (TNSres) -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: Could improved screening methods for detecting newborn heart defects save more lives? That's what Mississippi State's Amirtaha Taebi is using a $3 million National Science Foundation award--and personal motivation--to find out. Taebi, an assistant professor in MSU's Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, is the recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for his work  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, July 26 (TNSres) -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: From some 8,000 miles away, Mississippi State scientist Manuel Ruiz-Aravena in the university's Forest and Wildlife Research Center is studying flying foxes, or fruit bats, in Australia to determine the likely causes of viral spillover from animal to human. The assistant professor in wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture watches thousands of signatures streak across his computer screen as a cauld  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, July 27 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: Three Mississippi State alumni were the only Americans at the recent International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Advanced Data Analytics for Industry 5.0 in India. MSU grad Ravi Sadasivuni, an ICAMADA conference organizer and former MSU research employee who now is a visiting professor at VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology in Hyderabad, India, invited fellow alumni Aaron   more

CLINTON, Mississippi, July 26 -- Mississippi College issued the following news: The state's most renowned political cartoonist and the mayor of Clinton joined Mississippi College leaders in formally welcoming hundreds of educators to the fall academic semester during the Clinton Public School District's Convocation July 16 in Nelson Hall. MC's School of Education and its Office of Graduate and Professional Studies host the ceremony to thank the neighboring school district for its strong commit  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, July 26 (TNSres) -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: As a father of three, Marcus Drymon has watched his fair share of Disney movies, but he never imagined his work as an associate Extension professor at Mississippi State University would land him a spot on a National Geographic feature documentary on Disney+. "Being part of this show was a blast," said Drymon. The marine biologist, more often referred to as a "shark scientist," is stationed at   more