Roughly 6 million patients go to the emergency department each year with skin and soft tissue infections, yet their medical evaluation is based on centuries-old guidelines: the “four cardinal signs” of inflammation — redness, heat, swelling and pain. There is no diagnostic tool to help medical professionals determine which conditions require hospitalization for intravenous antibiotics …
For decades, silicon has been the foundation of modern electronics because it is abundant, relatively affordable, and well suited to the precise control of electrical current that makes computer chips possible. But today’s most advanced systems, from AI hardware to high-power and quantum technologies, are pushing silicon harder than ever, demanding more speed, more power, …
A new study published in The Lancet Public Health found that Rx Kids, the nation’s first community-wide prenatal and infant cash prescription program, led to significant improvements in birth outcomes for infants born in Flint, Michigan. The program reduced low birthweight and preterm birth rates and prevented admissions to the neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU. The findings …
A new free elementary science curriculum now available nationwide could reshape how young students learn science — and a Michigan State University professor helped lead its development. Amelia Wenk Gotwals, a professor in MSU’s College of Education, played a central role in developing OpenSciEd, an open-access K–5 science curriculum aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards, …
Benjamin Nketsiah is a junior at Michigan State University studying biochemistry and molecular biology with a minor in pharmacology and toxicology. His research focuses on disparities in triple-negative breast cancer, including work with patients in the United States and West Africa. He is the founder of She’s Strong, a digital health initiative aimed at improving …
Researchers in the Michigan State University College of Nursing are improving health outcomes for people of all ages beyond traditional clinical settings, from supporting cancer caregivers through grief to helping children build lifelong healthy habits. Backed by federal research funding, Spartan nursing faculty are translating evidence-based research into real-world solutions that strengthen the health and well-being of …
Michigan State University leadership hosted more than 100 stakeholders and friends of the university on May 14 to celebrate the opening of the newly renovated MSU Plant Science Research Greenhouse Complex. Upgrades to the greenhouse facility, through a combination of renovations and additions, include state-of-the-art environmental controls and LED lighting configured to respond to varying external climate conditions. New greenhouses will allow Spartan scientists and students to conduct controlled experiments …
Spartan Engineers are among the top researchers at Michigan State University for producing commercialization and innovative discoveries. Two new grants, totaling more than $1 million, are adding to MSU’s ability to build the economy and generate jobs for Michigan and the Midwest. Assuring that software updates are helpful, not harmful An associate professor in the Department …
The FIFA World Cup 2026 tournament is less than a month away. One of the biggest challenges facing the turfgrass scientists at Michigan State University and the University of Tennessee is ensuring the consistency of the natural turfgrass across three continents, 16 cities and three distinct climate zones. While Vancouver, Canada; Kansas City, Missouri; and Mexico City, …
As dozens of Michigan State University faculty and administrators boarded a bus headed to Flint, Saginaw and Bay City for this spring’s Spartan Bus Tour, participants couldn’t have known that during their immersive two-day, 222-mile trip that they would be traveling through time. Led by President Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D., the group — representing a …
