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All other factors being equal, women generally are better suited for positions of trust and security than are men, research at Michigan State University indicates.

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The publishers of The Wall Street Journal and the Mexican independent newspaper El Norte will join international human rights activists and others at MSU to grapple with critical issues surrounding press rights and human freedom in Latin America.

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A Michigan State University scientist has shown that corn isn't just a food that sits on the cob waiting to be salted - and in the process has taken scientific discovery out of the laboratory and into the entrepreneurial mainstream.

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A Michigan State University study presented at the American Institute for Cancer Research annual conference revealed that orange juice slashed the incidence of colon cancer in animals by 22 percent.

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1- Preparing for cold weather; 2- winter depression; 3- cholesterol education month; 4- freshman 15; 5- keeping kids healthy in school.

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From charter schools to math anxiety, to quality teachers to changes in college life, here's a brief look at some of the issues that Michigan State University's faculty are currently talking about.

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Michigan State University veterinarians and students will participate in the Michigan State Fair's "Miracle of Life," an exhibit that gives fair goers the chance to see the births of farm animals, including calves, lambs and piglets.

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Michigan State University scientists have created an artificial world in which computer programs take the place of living organisms. Studying these digital organisms, as reported in Nature, offers a chance to test generalizations about how life has evolved.

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If chloroplasts are the power plants in which photosynthesis works its magic, then scientists at Michigan State University have opened the door to one of the engine rooms by isolating a gene they reported in this week's "Science."

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Researchers at Michigan State University announce in the June 18 edition of Science that they have cloned one of the genes that creates a plant's cell wall.

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Honeybees are pretty tight with their families, but how can they tell who's kin? Research published in Nature identifies a chemical that increases a bee's ability to identify nestmates. It also makes bees more aggressive to bees they aren't related to.

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Parents who rely on TV show ratings are out of luck half the time, according to a study released by Michigan State University. Fifty percent of the age and content ratings that appear on air are different than what is published in TV Guide.

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Imagine a device that improves the quality of health care, helps keep health care costs down, improves efficiency AND fits in the palm of your hand. Such a device does exist in the form of a hand-held computer and it's being put to use at Michigan State University.

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Family members who are called upon to provide health care for a loved one at home often do so at the risk of their own health. And, because they often don't have the proper training, they can put their loved one at risk as well.

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Dazzled by sparks flying in space during "Star Wars: Episode One - The Phantom Menace''? Don't buy it. In space, no one can see you burn. At least, not traditionally burn - flames spiking, sparks flaring -- says Indrek Wichman. The Michigan State University mechanical engineering professor is working with a NASA grant to understand how flames behave in zero gravity.

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Jean Chretien, the Prime Minister of Canada since 1993, will address Michigan State University's candidates for advanced degrees Friday, May 7.

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Elie Wiesel--Nobel laureate, human rights advocate and world-renowned Jewish scholar--will be Michigan State University's 1999 spring convocation speaker.

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Most of us will not only live to see the new millennium, but the year 2100 too, according to a clinical professor of medicine at Michigan State University.

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Cisplatin has proven to be the most effective cancer drug ever discovered, a fact that both pleases and dismays Barnett Rosenberg, the retired Michigan State University professor who discovered the drug in the early 70s. Soon-to-be-published research proves that when combined with radiation therapy, cisplatin helps reduce deaths from cervical cancer by up to 50 percent.

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Gulf War syndrome is not just something in the heads of the soldiers who fought in the 1991 Middle East war, but is a real illness that requires treatment, says a Michigan State University epidemiologist.

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Parents agonizing over serving fresh apples and grapes to their children in the wake of Consumer Reports' latest analysis of pesticides in produce should keep one word in mind: Theoretical.

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As the nation struggles with its current crises in food safety and consumer confidence, MSU experts are ready to discuss safety across the food chain - from farm to family.

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Secrets of energy conversion - and maybe the ways to make cows produce less gas and more milk - might lie in the belly of a termite, a Michigan State University microbiologist reports.

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Popping tart cherries instead of a pill may be an option for those suffering from inflammatory pain, according to Michigan State University researchers. MSU research finds that the same chemicals that give tart cherries their color may relieve pain better than aspirin and ibuprofen.

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The high-stakes game of food safety has changed drastically, and continuing to play by the old rules could have dire consequences, experts from Michigan State University's National Food Safety and Toxicology Center told a national gathering of scientists today.

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Some of the world's most notorious disease-causing organisms are ones that evolve quickly. MSU scientists have learned about what controls the speed of evolutionary adaptation. The answers, reported in the Jan. 15 edition of Science, may provide clues to controlling fast mutating organisms such as E. coli and HIV.

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A student at MSU's MIND lab lives a perpetually wired life -- part of the new facility's mission to study how humans communicate with and interact with computers.

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"Patch Adams," the soon-to-be-released movie in which Robin Williams plays an idealistic medical student, underscores a medical truth that is sometimes forgotten in today's world: The relationship between doctor and patient plays a critical role in the healing of patients.

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Adding cherries to fried hamburgers may be another way to cut the risk of cancer, according to an MSU study appearing in the Dec. 21 edition of Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

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The market for new college graduates this year is holding at a very robust hiring rate, according to the 28th annual Recruiting Trends survey conducted by Career Services and Placement at Michigan State University.

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An innovative smoking cessation program developed at Michigan State University which combines old-fashioned telephone support and modern computer technology is proving to be extremely effective in helping smokers kick the nicotine habit.

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Students at Michigan State University refer to the communication professors as the "Love Doctors." This husband and wife pair team-teach Interpersonal Relationships in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences. The class tackles infidelity, jealousy, deception, romance, and sex.

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A backgrounder about apple cider as the season arrives this year with renewed concerns about the safety of unpasteurized apple cider.

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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.

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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.

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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."

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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."

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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.