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A study led by Nina Payne, an Auburn University College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment (CFWE) research scientist, is providing a long-awaited solution to one of the most ongoing and costly problems affecting southern pine nurseries: nutsedge control.
Co-founded by former Auburn graduate student researcher Yuan Tian and Elizabeth Lipke, the Uthlaut Endowed Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, the biotech business venture develops tissue engineered 3D tumor models designed to improve the reliability of preclinical cancer drug testing.
2020 to 2025, there have been three major outbreaks of tomato spotted wilt virus, effectively disrupting production.
Not only is Ayden Kemp one of 31 Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society fellowship winners for 2026, but the graduate student in biosystems engineering also earned the organization's highest distinction.
Despite women purchasing roughly 60% of wine sold in the United States, wine marketing has traditionally been shaped through the male perspective. For Demi Deng, an assistant professor in the Horst Schulze School of Hospitality Management, that industry irony was too intriguing to ignore.
At the beginning of the decade, one of the most important greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere, methane (CH4), surged in volume, puzzling the global science community. Debates began on what the culprit was for this unexpected spike, making it a concerning topic of international discussion and further research. An Auburn University professor at the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment (CFWE) who participated in the worldwide study found that this flux in greenhouse gases occurred beyond the control of human intervention.
