Las Cruces Education: NMSU researchers to test wastewater samples for early detection of COVID-19
305 Views A team of researchers at New Mexico State University is developing protocols to test wastewater samples as a possible method for early detection of SARS CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The team is an interdisciplinary effort from the colleges of Engineering, Arts and Sciences, and Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences.
Albuquerque company lands $130 million contract with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
308 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque company landed a deal with NASA worth more than $100 million. They’ll be working with the lab that just sent a rover to Mars. Fiore Industries handles everything from testing and research to cybersecurity. Now, they’re taking that experience to NASA.
Farmer worries about the future of green chile in New Mexico
439 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Agriculture has been hit hard this year by the COVID-19 pandemic. Glen Duggins, a chile farmer in Lemitar, says workers are hard to find right now and crops are hard to sell. Right now he has only half the crew he had last year.