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MSU’s ‘seeds in space’ collaboration wins NASA award

College of Natural Science

NASA has awarded a prestigious Group Silver Achievement Award to the team behind a project known as Biological Experiment-01, which includes Michigan State University researchers led by Federica Brandizzi. Biological Experiment-01, also shortened to BioExperiment-01 and BioExpt-01, was a collection of four separate but related projects that flew aboard NASA’s uncrewed Artemis I mission that orbited the …


MSU researchers set new standards and show how a new treatment helps patients with MS, ALS, Parkinson’s disease

MSU Today

Is it possible for nanoparticles to go through the digestive system and deliver medicine directly to the brain tissue? Researchers from Michigan State University say yes, and their latest findings are expected to benefit patients with neurodegenerative disorders like multiple sclerosis, or MS; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS; and Parkinson’s disease, or PD. “Our work …


Michigan State University Research Foundation and MSU Announce Recipients of 2024 Strategic Partnership Grants

Michigan State University Research Foundation

The Michigan State University Research Foundation and Michigan State University will fund programs for prostate cancer therapy, polycrystalline diamond membranes for space-based communications, and advanced AI for early disease diagnostics. The Michigan State University Research Foundation (MSU Research Foundation) and Michigan State University (MSU) have announced the recipients of the 2024 Strategic Partnership Grants (SPG) …


A Spartan Bringing Sustainable Agriculture Into The Future

MSUToday

On a cloudless day at a farm in Portland, Michigan, Bruno Basso inspects rows of small, leafy green plants that will eventually grow into towering cornstalks. He turns and tells Jeff Sandborn, who runs the farm, that the soon-to-be crops look great. Over the past decade, Basso and his research team at Michigan State University have worked …


4 MSU faculty selected to be authors on the First National Nature Assessment

MSU Today

The U.S. Global Change Research Program is undertaking the first National Nature Assessment, or NNA1, and has appointed four MSU researchers to author and lead several chapters. The NNA1 is a program to identify and take stock of U.S. ecosystems and the benefits they provide to the economy, health, climate, environment justice and national security. NNA1 will …


MSU Research Foundation’s Captive Venture Funds Close 30 Investments Between April and June 2024

Michigan State University Research Foundation

The Michigan State University Research Foundation backs a diverse range of startups through its Red Cedar Ventures and Michigan Rise Pre-Seed III investment funds, spanning from cybersecurity and healthcare to AI, renewable energy, financial technology, and more.   The Michigan State University Research Foundation announces 30 new investment and purchase order (P.O.) financing transactions in …


The buzz on the new insect/arthropod diagnostician at MSU Plant and Pest Diagnostics

Plant & Pest Diagnostics

After 44 years of dedicated service, Howard Russell, also known as Bugman, has retired from Michigan State University. He spent the last 37 of those years as the Michigan State University (MSU) insect/arthropod diagnostician. In this role, he helped thousands of clients identify and manage arthropods over the phone, through email and Ask Extension, and by …


MSU researchers use VR to understand stuttering in children

MSU Today

Researchers in Michigan State University’s Developmental Speech Lab have codeveloped virtual reality, or VR, simulations to understand how stuttering develops in young children with the goal of improving diagnostic and treatment approaches for children who stutter. This pediatric lab is directed by Bridget Walsh, a certified speech-language pathologist, Brandt-Endowed Associate Professor, and the director of undergraduate studies for …



MSU researchers receive international communication honors

MSU Today

Researchers in the Michigan State University College of Communication Arts and Sciences have been recognized as top scholars in the field of communication. Danielle K. Brown, a journalist and researcher who uses her craft to foster racial justice, and Maria Lapinski, a leading scholar of health and risk communication, recently received honors from the International Communications Association, or ICA, which …


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