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From UM News Service FLATHEAD LAKE – The ocean’s twilight zone is deep, dark and – according to recent research – iron deficient. No sunlight reaches this region 200 to 1,000 meters below the sea surface, where levels of iron, a key micronutrient, are so low that bacteria growth is restricted. To compensate, bacteria produce molecules called siderophores, which help them scavenge trace amounts of iron from surrounding seawater. A new study published in Nature could change the way scientists view microbial processes in the deep ocean. Titled “Microbial iron limitation in the ocean’s twilight zone,” it was co-authored by Lauren Manck, a postdo...
News from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA — Michael O’Rourke of Polson, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. O’Rourke was initiated at Boise State ...
From the MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Montana 4-H, the youth development program of Montana State University Extension, will celebrate National 4-H Week Oct. 6-12 with events and ceremonies across Montana. This year’s campaign, “Beyond Ready,” highlights the organization’s...
Arlee High School celebrated homecoming last week with a win on the gridiron. The Warriors prevailed over Charlo’s Vikings, 62-20. Homecoming king and queen candidates were Darius Tewawina and Toni Hadley, nominated by the freshman class; Kaiden Ostby and Alonah Warrior, sophomore class nominees; Bridg...
News from the Montana Ambassadors On Friday, Oct. 4, the Montana Ambassadors celebrated Frank Tyro, PhD, a pioneering television producer and professor, as the 2024 recipient of the Mike Malone Educator of the Year Award. This award is presented annually to a Montana educator who has demonstrated out...
KALISPELL — The Wachholz College Center’s Wanda Hollensteiner Art Gallery on the campus of Flathead Valley Community College announces their new fall exhibition of works by former FVCC painting instructor and surrealist painter, Marvin Messing (1922-2015). The show will featur...
By Anne Cantrell, MSU News Service BOZEMAN — When J. Mitchell Vaterlaus worked as a marriage and family therapist, he noticed that many of his clients lacked basic relational skills, including skills in communication, setting boundaries, and combining and establishing familial traditions. &ldqu...
News from the Office of Public Instruction HELENA - On Aug. 20, 2024, Superintendent Arntzen announced that the Office of Public Instruction (OPI) allocated $1.5 million in federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds to Montana teachers for math and reading projects in a partn...
News from Skip Anderson MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Artificial intelligence seems to be everywhere these days, from social media apps to the laboratories of Montana State University. Now, thanks in part to a doctoral student in MSU’s Gianforte School of Computing, it’s in the state&rsqu...
