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K-State researchers are beginning a project to develop sensors that that can more accurately measure soil properties. Pictured, l to r, are Garrett Peterson (electrical engineering), Jaebeom Suh (marketing), Ganga Hettiarachchi (agronomy), Bala Natarajan (electrical and computer engineering), Raj Khosla (agronomy), Jeongdae Im (civil engineering), Suprem Das (industrial and manufacturing systems engineering).(Photo: K-State Research and Extension news service)
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K-State researchers aim to develop soil sensors that will measure farm fields at the nanoscale

K-State researchers have received $2M to develop sensors that can detect nutrients, chemical compounds, soil microbiomes and greenhouse gases in soil. Read More

UW Professor Ellen Currano touches the Cretaceous/Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary in the Denver Basin. (Photo by Regan Dunn.)
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UW researchers study plant recovery following mass extinction of dinosaurs

A grain truck crosses the dry Platte River near Chapman, Nebraska, in October 2022. The area around Chapman is in severe and extreme drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. (Photo by Craig Chandler, University Communication and Marketing.)
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Rural Prosperity Nebraska, Oklahoma State team up to study rural resilience



Grazing sorghum. (Courtesy photo.)

K-State researchers land $1.9M grant to improve crop genetics 

Texas Tech launches center for sustainable nitrogen fertilizer

MSU researcher receives grant to continue studying pathogen resistance in plants

University of Minnesota to develop machine learning techniques for monitoring global change