It was a morning punctuated by celebration, collaboration and a visit from Michigan State University mascot, Sparty, as hundreds gathered to recognize the start of construction on the Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University Health Sciences Research Center in the New Center neighborhood. Work on the $335 million research facility — a hallmark of the 30-year …
The Institute of Water Research (IWR) at Michigan State University (MSU) has received a $305,000 grant from the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) to help track progress on Michigan’s phosphorus-reduction goal for the Western Lake Erie Basin (WLEB). The Great Lakes Watershed Management System (GLWMS) is an online tool used to evaluate, track, …
With more than $2.5 million, the Michigan Alliance for Animal Agriculture (M-AAA) will invest in 23 new research and outreach projects led by Michigan State University researchers and MSU Extension educators. The funding is available through the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) budget. The M-AAA began in 2014 and is a partnership …
Laurent Bili, the ambassador of France to the United States, visited the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, at Michigan State University on 22 July. The French research organization National Centre for Scientific Research, or CNRS, and MSU established the International Research Laboratory on Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, or IRL NPA, at FRIB in July 2023. Leveraging FRIB’s world-unique research capabilities, …
Concluding its retreat at Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine Building in Flint, Michigan, the MSU Board of Trustees today approved the university’s fiscal year 2024-25 operating budget presented by the administration, which includes tuition and fee rates for the 2024-25 academic year. The new budget includes a flat increase of $235 per semester or $470 per …
Today, the Michigan State University Board of Trustees authorized construction of a high-bay addition to the west end of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams. The addition will triple the testing capacity of the current chip-testing facility by providing two additional user vaults. The K500 Chip Testing Facility at FRIB will help meet the current national shortfall of testing capacity for advanced microelectronics, including those used for commercial spaceflight, wireless technology, …
Michigan State University researchers have discovered that honeybees can detect biomarkers or chemical concentrations associated with lung cancer in human breath. The researchers have also shown that the honeybees can distinguish between different lung cancer cell types using only the ‘smell’ of the cell cultures. These findings could be used as a model for developing …
A team of Michigan State University researchers has received a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to investigate the climate change mitigation potential of switchgrass cropping systems. The group is led by Christopher Blackwood, a professor in the departments of Plant Biology and Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences (PSM), as …
New approach makes calculations with realistic interactions possible FRIB researchers are part of an international research team solving challenging computational problems in quantum physics using a new method called wavefunction matching. The new approach has applications to fields such as nuclear physics, where it is enabling theoretical calculations of atomic nuclei that were previously not …
Jiquan Chen will receive a Scientific Achievement Award from the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, or IUFRO. Through various awards, IUFRO honors those who advance science and promote international cooperation in all fields of research related to forestry. The Scientific Achievement Award is the highest honor bestowed by IUFRO every five years and is presented …
