MSI Research

Better Zeolite Nanosheets

Zeolites are a class of materials that are used by industry as adsorbents and catalysts. Very thin zeolite films - nanofilms - can be used as molecular filters.

map showing geographic and climatic distribution of experimental sites

Improving Predictions of Soil Nitrogen Mineralization

The Nutrient Network (https://nutnet.org/), aka NutNet, is a global collaborative research group studying two of the most important effects of humans on grassland

Representation of the simulation supercell used to compute the friction force in bilayer graphene

A New Model for Multilayer Graphene

Graphene, a two-dimensional form of carbon, has generated a great deal of excitement since its discovery.

graphic showing amodel for Ug99 origin by somatic hybridization and nuclear exchange; wheat field in background

Discovering the Origins of a Wheat Stem Rust Lineage

The Ug99 strain of the wheat stem rust fungus (Puccinia graminis f. sp.

graphic showing similarity of antibiotics and probiotics' affect on the turkey microbiome

Substituting Probiotics for Antibiotics in Poultry

Commercial poultry farmers give low doses of antibiotics to their flocks as a method to improve health and production.

flowchart showing how a new pennycress reference genome was developed

Domesticating Pennycress

The University of Minnesota’s College of Food, Agricultural, and National Resource Sciences (CFANS), in partnership with the