Thanks to a grant of $1.6 million, Michigan State University undergraduate students will have the opportunity to spend their college careers learning first-hand the art of science in the laboratories where the work is being done.
Zebra mussels, once just a Great Lakes problem, are taking over the nation's inland lakes - an invasion MSU scientists think is rocking the ecosystem.
Dr. Claudia Osborn's life changed forever on a warm summer night in 1988 when a bike ride through her quiet neighborhood ended when she was hit by a car. Now a volunteer faculty member at Michigan State University, Osborn has chronicled her 10-year journey from serious head injury to a different yet happy life in a book titled "Over My Head."
Genetic engineering by a Michigan State University scientist to build a better mouse -- or at least a mellower mouse -- gives scientists a better understanding of the mechanisms of coping with stress and anxiety.
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The partial ban on a compound used to keep barnacles off of boat hulls doesn't seem to be enough to save the lives of California sea otters, according to a recently published Michigan State University study.
Children as young as one year of age are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, a Michigan State University pediatrician has found. In addition, children as young as two are being treated for the disorder with psychotropic drugs such as Ritalin, Prozac and Zoloft.
Researchers at Michigan State University have found that DDE, a by-product of DDT, the now-banned pesticide that continues to have a presence within the Earth's soils and sediments, is degrading naturally in the environment.
A life with cancer is often a life with pain. But it doesn't have to be that way. Physicians and multimedia designers at Michigan State University have developed a CD-ROM that addresses the issue of pain and cancer. Extremely interactive and visual, "Easing Cancer Pain" gives people with cancer the information they need to overcome their pain.
Farmers one day may be able to flip the molecular switch that makes plants tolerate freezing temperatures, thanks to new insight Michigan State University scientists have gained about plants' mechanisms to cope with cold. According to a report published in the April 3 edition of Science Magazine, molecular geneticist Michael Thomashow and his associates report that increasing a plant's expression of a specific regulatory gene helps throw the plant into cold-coping mode, beefing up its defenses against freezing.
When conjoined twins, or what's commonly known as "Siamese twins," are born, it's automatically assumed they should be separated. Right? Wrong, says a Michigan State University medical historian.
East Lansing, Mich. - Forget to watch "NYPD Blue" this week? If so, you probably missed seeing 25 percent of all Latinos portrayed on prime time TV. A Michigan State University study reveals that although Latinos are the second largest minority in the nation, they are distinctly underrepresented on prime time broadcast television. In fact, Latinos constitute only 3.2 percent of the prime time TV population but are 11 percent of the nation's population.
Michigan State University researchers have come up with a new method for assessing the chemical health of tissue which could lead to more effective cancer treatments and earlier diagnoses of a number of diseases.
Poised to have one of the more unique views of this month's solar eclipse is Michigan State University astronomer Jeff Kuhn who will watch it through a small hole in a plane, 18,000 feet above the surface of the Earth.
A study by a Michigan State University exercise physiologist has found that the aerobic fitness levels of young African American girls tend to be lwoer than those of white girls.
A $2-million gift will help Michigan State University's Eli Broad College of Business and Graduate School of Management expand its emphasis on information technology.
East Lansing, Mich. -- Someone call Tom Cruise. Based on safety belt use in the top movies of 1996, buckling up on the silver screen seems like "Mission: Impossible."
A Michigan State University scientist has shown that corn isn't just a food that sits on the sob waiting to be salted. Kris Berglund has discovered a way to turn corn into a salt substitute that lacks both sodium or the bitter taste that plagues other salt substitutes.
The days of senior citizens simply adding up their pensions, grabbing their gold watches and flocking to Florida are over. A Michigan State University study shows that during retirement seniors tend to be found where friends abound.
Women who have worked as hairdressers are at higher risk of developing a rare form of cancer than the general population, according to a recent Michigan State University study.
Maggots wriggling in an open wound; leeches crawling about your body; blood oozing from a punctured vein. The stuff of nightmares? In reality, it could be the cure for what ails ya'. A new book by a Michigan State University professor looks with loving detail at many ancient folk remedies and old wives' tales that were discarded by medical practitioners of the past but are now making comebacks in medical clinics today.
Good posture is important to somebody besides mothers - namely auto makers. Engineers at Michigan State University are working to give them the tools to make sitting up straight in the car easy.The solution to car seat slouch lies in the mannequins used to represent people in the seats automakers design. MSU engineers are working to design mannequins that sit like real people.
The process of photosynthesis -- the way in which plants convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen -- is much clearer now, thanks to research by two Michigan State University chemists. While other researchers have been able to hit upon only "bits and pieces" of the process, these two scientists were able to bring it all together.
East Lansing, Mich. - Until now, the classroom has been an ugly showdown between the blink-and-you-miss-it world of computers and the sedate pace of textbooks. Michigan State University's computer science department has become the first in the nation to use texts produced by a new printing method that not only keeps computer textbooks current to the month classes start, but also allows instructors to customize text selections down to the sentence.
Small businesses are more likely than large employers to be guilty of discriminatory hiring practices where black job seekers are concerned, according to a study by a Michigan State University economist. The study of some 3,000 employers in four major U.S. cities indicates that small businesses are much less likely to hire blacks than are larger businesses.
Nearly 20 years ago, a group of scientists stepped off a plane at a remote airport in the Sudan to begin an ambitious program to rid that African nation and the rest of the world of a disease known as river blindness. Next week, some of those scientists, including Michigan State University's Charles Mackenzie, will return to the Sudan to "complete the circle," to finish a program many thought would never reach this point and to finish off a disease that claims millions of victims every year.
Michigan State University is putting into action a battle plan to control an invasive wetland weed that has beetles as warriors and children and teachers as generals. The enemy, purple loosestrife, should be quaking in its roots.
Affirmative action does not lead to the hiring of minorities or women with substantially lower qualifications or who exhibit weaker job performances, according to a recent Michigan State Univerity study.
A unique safety device, developed by a Michigan State University engineer, will be worn by an Indianapolis 500 driver this year -- the first time the device has been used in the Memorial Day race. The device, known as HANS -- head and neck support -- is a combination helmet and yoke that supports a driver's head, helps reduce neck fatigue and avoid the accompanying injuries common among drivers.
Research by a Michigan State University paleontologist has shed new light on why the trilobite, a prehistoric arthropod that inhabited the Earth for nearly twice as long as the dinosaurs, met the same fate as the dinosaur nearly 250 million years ago.
The solution to the growing environmental problem of scrap tires may well be found on the football field - or a golf course or a well-worn yard. The U.S. Patent Office on April 22 will issue a patent to Michigan State University to use crumb rubber as a turf topdressing. MSU turfgrass researchers discovered that working tires into the soil -- after grinding them into crumbs -- solves a thorny disposal problem while improving grass and athletic fields that get a lot of wear and tear.
East Lansing, Mich. -- The first formal joint academic program of Michigan State University and The Detroit College of law at Michigan State University -- one that enables students to earn both a law degree and a master in business administration degree in four years of full-time study -- is now accepting students for fall semester 1997. The university and the law school, which began a unique affiliation in 1995, announced the new program at a press conference today.
Precision research to make perennials bloom on command will revolutionize the way consumers by flowers in the spring, thanks to research at Michigan State University. This story and other ideas on the spring garden tip sheet.
A new process developed at Michigan State University stands ready to revolutionize the flower industry -- as well as provide a boon for medical school teaching, restaurants and an endless array of others by using silicone to open up new possibilities in preservation.
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