AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoDark Matter: South Dakota’s LUX-ZEPLIN experiment has spotted an unusual particle interaction—the collaboration’s strongest hint yet of dark matter. It falls short of discovery, and researchers are checking for rare background causes. Rural Health: USD’s medical school won a $993,600 NIH grant to expand training and referrals for substance-use treatment, with a focus on rural and underserved communities. South Dakota also received $7.2 million to modernize rural emergency services. Medical Research: SDSU researchers secured a $2 million NIH grant to study how cells absorb nutrients, work that could inform cancer treatment. Sanford Research received $2.3 million for kidney research. Sustainable Agriculture: South Dakota Mines hosted a Fulbright fellow developing products from farm waste, while SDSU researchers examined how people and plants connect through Native prairie seed systems.
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