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Category: Research en-us Thu, 17 Sep 2015 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss K-Publisher New H5Nx avian influenza vaccine has potential for mass vaccination of poultry http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/jan16/h5nx1716.html In the course of three months, Kansas State University researchers were able to develop and test a new vaccine that protects chickens and other poultry from multiple strains of avian influenza found in the U.S., including H5N1, H5N2 and H5N8. vpcm@k-state.edu (Communications and Marketing) Thu, 07 Jan 2016 +0000 Research Kansas State University team helps city of Wichita move forward on water quality plan https://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement/?id=24119 A proposal developed by a Kansas State University research team to involve upstream rural agricultural producers in improving water quality in the Little Arkansas River and the city of Wichita is making steady progress toward becoming reality. melgares@ksu.edu (Pat Melgares) Thu, 17 Dec 2015 +0000 Research K-State researcher seeks new ways to battle Johnsongrass http://www.ksre.k-state.edu/news/news-stories/2015-news-releases/december/johnson-grass121415.html Michael Smith, Kansas State University professor of entomology, is part of a new five-year, $4.8 million research project supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. katielynn@ksu.edu (Katie Allen) Wed, 16 Dec 2015 +0000 Research Researchers eye cover crops, fertilizer to boost water quality http://www.ksre.k-state.edu/news/news-stories/2015-news-releases/december/water-quality121815.html Kansas State University researchers are learning more about what happens to phosphorus and nitrogen — two nutrients common to agricultural crop fertilizers — when rainwater snakes its way to local streams and rivers. melgares@ksu.edu (Pat Melgares) Mon, 21 Dec 2015 +0000 Research Researchers look for way to slow runoff, soil erosion in farm fields http://www.ksre.k-state.edu/news/news-stories/2015-news-releases/december/soil-erosion122115.html Researchers say they’re learning more about what causes ephemeral gullies — or tracts of land that are carved out when runoff pushes soil off of the farm field and into nearby waterways. melgares@ksu.edu (Pat Melgares) Wed, 23 Dec 2015 +0000 Research High-quality bread wheat reference genome sequence on horizon, would help feed world http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/jan16/wheatgenome1816.html A Kansas State University wheat genetics researcher is a leader of a project producing an improved whole genome assembly of bread wheat, the most widely grown cereal in the world. vpcm@k-state.edu (Communications and Marketing) Fri, 08 Jan 2016 +0000 Research Emojis may help reduce food waste by measuring kids' emotional response to foods http://olathe.k-state.edu/news/2016/jan16/emoji12216.html Sensory analysis researchers at Kansas State University Olathe are looking at whether emojis can help reduce the food grade school students throw away at lunch. vpcm@k-state.edu (Communications and Marketing) Fri, 22 Jan 2016 +0000 Research Study: Growing produce in high tunnels reduces losses, extends shelf life http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/jan16/hightunnel12816.html Researchers at Kansas State University Olathe are reporting reduced losses and longer shelf life in produce grown in high tunnels, compared to open fields. vpcm@k-state.edu (Communications and Marketing) Thu, 28 Jan 2016 +0000 Research NSF CAREER award supports researcher's cyber-physical systems work http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/jan16/career12516.html Pavithra Prabhakar, assistant professor of computing and information sciences, has received a five-year $446,000 CAREER award to develop better transportation, health care and energy systems. vpcm@k-state.edu (Communications and Marketing) Mon, 25 Jan 2016 +0000 Research Let's get tappin' http://www.ksre.k-state.edu/news/news-stories/2015-news-releases/december/get-tappin121015.html A partnership among the Kansas State University School of Family Studies and Human Services, K-State's School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, and Parents as Teachers of Manhattan, is helping parents and their children develop healthier relationships. katielynn@ksu.edu (Katie Allen) Mon, 14 Dec 2015 +0000 Research National Science Foundation awards grant extension to continue development of high-throughput measurements of plant traits http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/jan16/nsfcreativity12116.html Jesse Poland, assistant professor of plant pathology, has received a National Science Foundation creativity supplement — which includes a larger grant than originally awarded and a time extension — for a project determining the best plant traits. vpcm@k-state.edu (Communications and Marketing) Thu, 21 Jan 2016 +0000 Research Teenagers' role in language change is overstated, linguistics research finds http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/jan16/kohn11416.html Teenagers are not solely causing language change, according to Kansas State University research. Language changes occur throughout a lifetime and not just during the teenage years. vpcm@k-state.edu (Communications and Marketing) Thu, 14 Jan 2016 +0000 Research