Binder Park Zoo’s veterinarian, Kim Thompson, reached out to the Michigan State University Veterinary Medical Center’s Soft Tissue Surgery service to provide advanced care for Sassy, the zoo’s seven-year-old African painted dog. As always, the team, led by Maureen Spinner, was eager to help. Sassy’s story Despite breeding efforts over the past couple of years, …
A scientific team led by Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, researchers identified the origin of a mysterious excess of low-energy gamma rays emitted by the nucleus zinc-70. They found that the excess is caused by magnetic transitions within the nucleus. The study, “Magnetic Character of the Low-Energy Enhancement in 70Zn,” published in Nature, sheds light on …
For museums and galleries, space is everything. Space helps shape the visitor experience and enhance how visitors view, experience, and interact with exhibits. How to design and shape that space is a focal point for many exhibit curators. While often overlooked as just part of the building, walls are one of the most important tools available to curators for shaping visitor …
The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, at Michigan State University, in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory, was chosen to receive a Genesis Mission Phase I award from the U.S. Department of Energy. The project will develop artificial intelligence, or AI, tools — specifically, physics-informed “digital twins” — that could transform how heavy-ion accelerators and isotope separators are operated. The project, …
A new study has found that neonatal mortality—the death of an infant within the first 28 days of life—fell by nearly 50% in Flint following the launch of Rx Kids, the nation’s first community-wide maternal and infant cash prescription program. The decline represents a dramatic narrowing of a long-standing disparity between Flint and the rest of Michigan. Neonatal …
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University (MSU) AgBioResearch leaders have selected three projects to fund through the newly created Growing Healthy Together Initiative. The projects align with the initiative’s goal of bringing together MSU scientists and partners from across campus and beyond to solve complex health challenges through transdisciplinary research. Listed below are the titles and summaries …
The Kim Research Group has received a new $550,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a home-built metal-organic chemical vapor deposition system (MOCVD) for growing quantum spin semiconductors. The latest award will support the lab’s ongoing work on layered hybrid perovskites, a class of semiconductors that combine organic and inorganic components into a thin, stacked …
Skin-interfaced wearable health technology has a hidden flaw: Many systems work best on smoother skin, which tends to be on younger bodies — not the older adults who often need them most. This is because aging-related changes in skin, including wrinkles, thinning and dryness, can significantly impact the contact and data quality of wearable devices. …
Research from Michigan State University is helping shape the future of Michigan’s pork industry, beginning with how pigs are housed. Recent changes to Michigan law require farms to house pregnant sows in ways that allow them to move freely and avoid confinement, increasing the use of group housing systems. Because pigs can be territorial, however, …
The liver is one of the few organs capable of regenerating after surgery — a remarkable ability that makes life-saving procedures possible for thousands of patients each year. But not every liver regenerates as expected. Some patients develop post-hepatectomy liver failure, a serious complication that remains a leading cause of death after liver surgery. Now, …
