Mines researchers moving South Dakota’s newest cash crop to market
Transforming field waste into energy touted as breakthrough in pursuit of AI-adequate power supply
In South Dakota, what’s left behind after harvest has long been treated as an afterthought.
At South Dakota Mines, it’s starting to look like the future.
Researchers in Rapid City are turning corn stover — the stalks and residue left in fields — into high-grade carbon materials that could help power electric vehicles, artificial intelligence infrastructure and even space technology.
