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South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University will serve as the host of a new National Science Foundation-backed Research Experiences for Undergraduates site aimed at disrupting the illicit economy.

Sungyong Jung, professor and head of South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's McComish Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, is developing a system that will enable real-time monitoring of water quality in South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã's lakes, rivers and streams.

Karma Choki, graduate research assistant in South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's Department of Natural Resource Management, conducted research in her native country of Bhutan on a forgotten big cat: the common leopard.

Researchers in South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's Department of Dairy and Food Science, led by associate professor Srinivas Janaswamy, have created a novel type of bread by pocketing healthy compounds inside of starch granules. Early findings show this "functional food" may help with blood sugar management and disease prevention.

The Basu Lab has partnered with QHS Lab Inc., a leading provider of digital health care solutions, for the development of a potentially revolutionary drug delivery system.

Researchers in South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory were the first to identify a new strain of avian metapneumovirus — a highly contagious disease that is currently causing significant problems for the U.S. poultry industry — and are now working toward developing a safe and effective vaccine.

A pair of South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University researchers are modeling the flow of liquid argon through the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) being built a mile under South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã’s Black Hills.

Jun Huang, assistant professor in South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to alleviate network efficiency and data privacy concerns related to wireless communications networks.

Looking at slides of blood cells, fecal matter and urine has taken on an entirely different perspective this school year thanks to new state-of-the-art equipment in the medical laboratory science lab at South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University. In July, the program received 28 microscopes and an innovative slide scanner as part of a $750,000 award from the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Department of Health, which was handling workforce development funds from the Centers for Disease Control, according to April Nelsen, the medical lab science clinical coordinator who put a proposal together for the health department.

South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University professor Xijin Ge has received a $1.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to enhance ShinyGO, a widely used bioinformatics website for analyzing genomics data.