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solar irrigation

MSU researcher receives grant to develop efficient irrigation technology using solar power

AgBioResearch

EAST LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan State University researcher has received a $394,600 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service to develop a solar power-based irrigation technology that improves energy- and water-use efficiency. Younsuk Dong, an assistant professor in the MSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, leads the three-year project. Agriculture …

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arteries

MSU research advances infusion designed to clean arteries

MSU Today

Inflammation of the arteries is a primary precursor and driver of cardiovascular disease — the No. 1 killer of people in the United States. This inflammation is associated with the buildup of dangerous plaque inside the arteries. Advanced treatments are needed to target this inflammation in patients. Michigan State University researchers have tested a new …

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Water

New director named for MSU Institute of Water Research

AgBioResearch

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University Research Foundation Professor Pouyan Nejadhashemi has been named director of the MSU Institute of Water Research (IWR) effective Oct. 15, 2024. The position is a 50% appointment, and Nejadhashemi will continue to serves as a professor in the departments of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering and Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences. His work is also supported in …

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piezoelectric

Piezoelectric liquids: NSF award builds on first-ever discovery

Department of Chemistry

Michigan State University chemist Gary Blanchard has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to continue his cutting-edge exploration of the piezoelectric effect in liquids. This award will provide $450,000 over three years and build upon an unprecedented discovery first reported by Blanchard and former doctoral student Md Iqbal Hossain in early 2023. Piezoelectric materials generate electric charge under …

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Autonomous

Michigan Office of Future Mobility and Electrification to become major partner of MSU Mobility’s Indy Autonomous Challenge team

MSU Today

Michigan State University announced today that the Michigan Office of Future Mobility and Electrification has established a new partnership agreement with MSU’s Indy Autonomous Challenge team, PoliMOVE-MSU. The collaboration supports a variety of the team’s activities, helping to provide students with hands-on experiential learning with the latest connected and automated vehicle, or CAV, technologies in …

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NSF grant awarded to study what happens when plants “overspend”

MSU-DOE Plant Research Labratory

Researchers Berkley Walker and Hiroshi Maeda have been awarded a total of $1.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study how plants compensate when they “overspend” the carbon that they take in during photosynthesis.   Plants make their own food through photosynthesis. They grab carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to make sugars and other compounds, which …

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gene

Hsu receives NIH, NSF awards for genetic studies

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Michigan State researcher Polly Hsu has been awarded two grants totaling nearly $3.7 million to continue her pioneering exploration of gene expression regulation — research with exciting applications for plant resilience and human health. These include a four-year grant from the National Science Foundation, or NSF, and a five-year award from the National Institutes of Health, …

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MSU Animal Science FFAR Fellows poised to advance future of dairy research, sustainability

College of Agriculture and Natural Recources

Paiton McDonald and Haylee Reisinger, Animal Science graduate students, have been selected as Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) Fellows, which offers opportunities to further advance their impactful dairy research Paiton McDonald and Haylee Reisinger, graduate students in the MSU Department of Animal Science, have been selected as members of the 2024-2027 cohort for …

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climate change

MSU researchers to explore climate change solutions based on Indigenous knowledge in new NSF grant

MSU Today

As we recognize Sustainability Month, we’re proud to highlight the incredible work of MSU faculty who are pioneering sustainable solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. It’s long been known that Indigenous communities around the planet are on the frontlines of climate change impacts. In a new international joint initiative, researchers led by …

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PoliMOVE-MSU

MSU’s Indy Autonomous Challenge team takes first place in passing overtake competition

Michigan State University

Michigan State University and Politecnico di Milano’s team, PoliMOVE-MSU, competed in the seventh edition of the Indy Autonomous Challenge at the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sept. 6, taking first place in the passing competition and second place in the time trials competition. The team’s self-driving AV-24 race car, piloted by an AI driver developed by …

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