Sensors used to detect head impacts in athletes who play high-impact sports like football traditionally have been placed inside their helmets, which can lead to false or incomplete readings. Michigan State University researchers have created a thin sensor that instead can be worn on an athlete’s neck to identify concussion injuries. Each year, 20% of …
College of Human Medicine professor André Bachmann and two Corewell Health physicians, Caleb Bupp and Surender Rajasekaran, have been named the 2023 Inventors of the Year for their discovery of a previously unknown disease and development of an effective treatment. The award was presented by the New York Intellectual Property Law Association at its annual …
Built on promising work by Michigan State University scientists, MSU’s Spartan Innovation and two of the researchers have formed a company to create new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, with a first goal of developing a gene therapy to improve care for people with Parkinson’s disease. The new startup, CavGene Therapeutics, Inc., will further research initiated …
Spectroscopy is a broad field that studies the interaction of electromagnetic radiation and matter and is used across numerous disciplines, including chemistry, physics, biology, and astronomy. “We use electromagnetic radiation, which could be visible light that we are all used to experiencing when we go outside and see the world before us. It could be …
Biometrics, or the recognition of individuals by means of unique physical characteristics, such as fingerprints, have been used in law enforcement for over 100 years. “The whole idea of biometric recognition is to use your body characteristics, either fingerprint, face, voice or the iris of the eye, to define your identity,” said Anil Jain, University …
A cancer diagnosis can be devastating news. The National Cancer Institute estimated that roughly 1.9 million Americans were diagnosed in 2022 alone. While treatment options exist for many types of cancer, these treatments often have several undesirable side effects. Likewise, there are numerous types of cancers for which no known treatment currently exists. Indapta Therapeutics …
Built on promising Michigan State University research, two scientists and the MSU Innovation Center have formed a company to create new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, with a first goal of developing a gene therapy to improve care for people with Parkinson’s disease. The new startup, CavGene Therapeutics Inc., will further the research of Kathy Steece-Collier, …
For centuries, potatoes have been a staple crop of many countries and, to this day, remain an essential crop in many nations worldwide. However, potatoes can be susceptible to various fungal infections called blights, which can wipe out entire crops. One of the most notable examples, the Irish Potato Famine, was caused by a potato …
Dr. Tamara Bush, a Mechanical Engineering professor at Michigan State University, and biomechanics post-doctoral student Dr. Justin Scott have developed the world’s first Smart Wheelchair. Current wheelchair designs have a limited range of adjustment, often only allowing users to recline by tilting the seat back rearward. However, these designs are often inadequate to treat pressure …
Although our farmers may feed the world, agriculture can also create waste byproducts that harm our environment. To help make farming a greener practice, Dr. Bahar Aliakbarian, an Associate Professor in the MSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering and Director of Development and Research at the Axia Institute, is researching how the industry can …
