What if you could unlock the full power of the sun? That’s part of the question that a $13.6 million grant from the Department of Energy is poised to help researchers from Michigan State University solve. The grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Basic Energy Sciences program, provides continuing support for the MSU-DOE Plant …
Promising university research does not become a product, process, or tool overnight. Between early discovery and real-world use lies a critical stretch of work that often determines whether an innovation moves forward or stalls. Translational funding supports that stage by helping researchers build prototypes, generate validation data, reduce technical risk, and show that a discovery …
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 …
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 …
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 …
In his office in MSU’s forestry department, EEB core faculty member David Carter shows off an image of a virtual forest on his laptop. It’s not just any forest. It’s a computerized replica, or “digital twin,” of a loblolly pine stand, created using lidar, the laser scanning technology that self-driving cars use to map their surroundings. Carter …
