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Agriculture
Improving Turfgrass Breeding

Research by MSI PI Donald Wyse (professor, Agronomy and Plant Gen

Genetics
High-CBD Plants May Contain Too Much THC

Interest in cannabidiol (CBD) products by consumers has encouraged farmers to develop new varieties of cannabis that have higher levels of the compound.

Engineering
Simulating Hypersonic Speeds

MSI PI Thomas Schwartzentruber (professor, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics) and his collaborator Professor Graham Candler (

Biology
Project Lets Citizen Scientists Help Lipids Researchers

The Minnesota Microscopy Infrastructure Partnership, which includes MSI PIs and partners, have begun a new citizen-science project on the platform Zooniverse

Brain Science
Cannabidiol and the Developing Brain

MSI PI Christopher Faulk (assistant professor, Animal Science) and colleagues have published a study that investigates th

COVID-19
New COVID-19 Tests

Several MSI PIs in the University of Minnesota Medical School and their colleagues have developed two new rapid diagnostic tests for COVID-19.

Brain Science
Brain Injury Can Be Caused by Stretched Neurons

A recent study by MSI PI Patrick Alford (associate professor, Biomedical Engineering; Institut

Veterinary Medicine
Treating Kidney Stones Without Surgery

MSI PI Eva Furrow (associate professor, Veterinary Clinical Sciences) is featured in a re

COVID-19
MSI PI Damien Fair Discusses How the Pandemic May Affect Children’s Brains

Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) host Angela Davis recently led a program in which experts discussed how growing up during this pandemic is affecting brain development in children, and how adults can h

New Water Network To Enable Research Collaborations

Several MSI PIs are members of a new online platform, the UMN Water Network, that will allow researchers througho

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