Researcher wins grant to develop microbes to mitigate plastic waste
Lahiru Jayakody, associate professor in the School of Biological Sciences and Fermentation Science Institute, is engineering a novel microorganism to break down plastics.
Researchers: Prison guards suffer but find little help
High stress, long shifts, and anxiety are constant companions of correctional officers. Even with higher suicide and substance abuse rates, they find little help, according to researchers at SIU.
$345K study focuses on keeping farmed largemouth bass from eating their own
The largemouth bass is a popular sportfish among anglers, who know that familiar “thump.” But researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are looking to find better ways to farm it to the table for humans by keeping the infamously cannibalistic species decidedly off its own menu.