Research News of September 2023
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Sep
2023
12
Arkansas Ag Experiment Station Undergraduate Externship Cultivates New Scientists
Out-of-state honors student and undergraduate Evelyn Madrigal conducted her first research project this summer — an opportunity she might not have received as a student at her home university.
Sep
2023
6
NSF Phase II Grant Supports Research to Address Herbicide Drift with Eco-Friendly Additive
CelluDot LLC, a startup founded by engineering alumni, will be using a nearly $1 million National Science Foundation grant to optimize a nanotechnology product they developed as doctoral students to mitigate herbicide drift, all in collaboration with the AAES
Sep
2023
1
USDA Grant Supports Study of Melatonin Use in Pregnant Cows Grazing Toxic Fescue on Calf Growth
With support from a $300,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant, the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station is continuing research on the use of a common sleep aid for humans to improve weight gains of calves whose mothers grazed toxic fescue while pregnant.