Kansas State University News

A researcher at Iowa State University has discovered how a group of proteins from plant pathogenic bacteria interact with DNA in the plant cell, opening up the possibility for what the scientist calls a "cascade of advances." Adam Bogdanove, associate professor in plant pathology , was researching the molecular basis of bacterial diseases of rice ...

The Kansas Geological Survey based at the University of Kansas has received a nearly $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study the feasibility of storing carbon dioxide underground.

A weekend search of a Kansas State University dorm room lead to a drug bust. KSU police say they executed a search warrant Saturday at room 23 of Goodnow Hall.

Call for Proposals, MLA Academic Libraries 2010 Save the date for "Academic Libraries 2010: Explore, Discover, Connect," the Michigan Library Association's first two-day event highlighting trends and issues in academic libraries.

When is a tree that acts like a tree not a tree at all?When its a metal tower that absorbs, transforms and stores carbon dioxide and is made by two teenage math and science whizzes as a research project on climate change.Tyler Clark, 17, of St.

Dr. Barry Flinchbaugh, professor of agricultural economics and policy at Kansas State University, has been confirmed to speak Nov.

When summer weather gives you a fall harvest outlook like 2009 did, it can be easy to have your anticipation dashed a little.

For university students, anxiety about grades is nothing new. But this year, students also may be anxious about the H1N1 flu virus and missing classes.

Some of those turkeys may have been raised in Kansas, typically under contract to large processing companies with plants in other states.

Fraternities at Kansas State University have agreed to a ban on hard liquor beginning next year.

A Kansas State University freshman is serving as the system administrator for the university's Beocat, a cluster of servers that allows for larger research projects to run simulations on a machine that is guaranteed to be constantly running for at least two weeks.

A groundbreaking ceremony will be held Thursday for the first building on Kansas State University's new Olathe campus.

The idea by K-State's Wenqiao "Wayne" Yuan and Zhijian "Z.J." Pei is to grow algae in the ocean on very large, supporting platforms.

The Salina job market was a different animal a few years ago. A number of employers held off expansion plans because they could not find enough skilled labor.

Leave it to an industrial systems engineer to look at shedding a few pounds as a problem that can be solved by maximizing efficiency.

The annual Kansas Livestock Association convention will be Dec. 3-4 at the Hyatt Regency Wichita and the Century II Convention Center.

President Barack Obama has a Virginia problem.And a New Jersey conundrum.Voters in those states head to the polls Tuesday in off-year elections to choose governors in what amounts to the Democrats first big electoral test since Obama swept to power a year ago.

The 2009-2010 National FFA officer team was elected at the 82nd National FFA Convention in Indianapolis this past week.

A federal research lab that investigates animal diseases spread by insects, spiders and other bugs is moving to Kansas.

Susan Sun directs K-State's Bio Materials and Technology Laboratory, where she studies bio-based materials.