Released: 18-Feb-1998 12:00 AM EST
MSU Astronomer to Have Unique View of Solar Eclipse
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 14-Nov-1998 12:00 AM EST
New MSU Smoking Cessation Program Successful
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 5-Mar-1997 12:00 AM EST
Wilting Conquered With New Preservation Process
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 5-Apr-1997 12:00 AM EST
Michigan State Spring Garden Tipsheet
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 17-Apr-1997 12:00 AM EDT
MSU And Detroit College of Law Announce Program
Michigan State University

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.

18-Apr-1997 12:00 AM EDT
Environmental Solution to Scrap Tires
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 1-May-1997 12:00 AM EDT
Molting Patters and the Trilobite Demise
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 17-May-1997 12:00 AM EDT
Unique Safety Device Gets Indy 500 Test Run
Michigan State University

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.

   
Released: 14-Jun-1997 12:00 AM EDT
People Hired Under Affirmative Action Plans Work Well MSU Study says
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 30-Jul-1997 12:00 AM EDT
Bugs -- and kids -- wage battle on wetland weed
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 23-Aug-1997 12:00 AM EDT
River Blindness Project Begins Final Stage
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 26-Aug-1997 12:00 AM EDT
Without Equal Employment Laws, Small Businesses Hire Fewer Blacks Studys Says
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 3-Sep-1997 12:00 AM EDT
Computers Put Textbooks On The Fast Track
Michigan State University

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.

25-Sep-1997 12:00 AM EDT
MSU Research Sheds New Light on Photosynthesis
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 2-Oct-1997 12:00 AM EDT
Sitting up straight key to MSU automotive research project
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 16-Oct-1997 12:00 AM EDT
Maggots, Leeches, Dirt: Just What the Doctor Ordered
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 21-Oct-1997 12:00 AM EDT
Hair Dressers At Risk For Rare Cancer
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 13-Nov-1997 12:00 AM EST
Seniors Deciding Where To Retire
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 18-Nov-1997 12:00 AM EST
Corn Moves Off the Cob and Into the Salt Shaker
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 11-Dec-1997 12:00 AM EST
MSU Study reveals seat belts play only cameo roles in top films
Michigan State University

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."

Released: 7-Jan-1998 12:00 AM EST
MSU's Broad School of Business Takes $2 million To The Bank
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 7-Feb-1998 12:00 AM EST
African American Girls' Fitness Levels Lower Than Whites
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 27-Feb-1998 12:00 AM EST
Saving Lives Goal of New tissue Analysis Method
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 20-Mar-1998 12:00 AM EST
MSU Study Shows Latinos Underrepresented on Prime Time Tv, Cast Mainly on Crime Shows
Michigan State University

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.

4-Apr-1998 12:00 AM EST
Gene promises key to crop cold resistance
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 4-Apr-1998 12:00 AM EST
Conjoined or "Siamese twins": To separate or not to separate?
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 29-Apr-1998 12:00 AM EDT
CD-ROM Helps Cancer Patients Ease the Pain
Michigan State University

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.

1-May-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Study Finds Children One to Three Years of Age Diagnosed and Treated for ADHD
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 2-May-1998 12:00 AM EDT
MSU Research Finds DDT By-products Degrade Naturally in Marine Sediments
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 5-May-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Chemical is culprit in death of sea otters
Michigan State University

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.

18-Jun-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Mellow Mice Stand to be Soldiers in War on Anxiety Disorders
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 1-Jul-1998 12:00 AM EDT
"Over My Head": MSU Prof Tells Story of Life After Serious Head Injury
Michigan State University

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."

Released: 9-Sep-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Link between Zebra Mussels and Algae Blooms
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 16-Sep-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Grant to Upgrade MSU Science Education, Technology
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 23-Sep-1998 12:00 AM EDT
All about Apple Cider
Michigan State University

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

Released: 14-Oct-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Love Doctors Ready for Sweetest Day
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 8-Dec-1998 12:00 AM EST
Employers Want Students with Total Package
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 17-Dec-1998 12:00 AM EST
Cherry Hamburgers Lower in Suspected Carcinogens
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 22-Dec-1998 12:00 AM EST
New Movie, Value of Doctor-Patient Relationship
Michigan State University

"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.

Released: 16-Jan-1999 12:00 AM EST
Evolution Seems to Have Speed Limits
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 16-Jan-1999 12:00 AM EST
Mind Lab Uses Virtual Reality to Better Wired Life
Michigan State University

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.

22-Jan-1999 12:00 AM EST
Changing Face of Food Safety Demands New Game Plan
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 30-Jan-1999 12:00 AM EST
Termite Tummies Reveal Nutritional Powerhouses
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 30-Jan-1999 12:00 AM EST
Tart Cherries May Be Natural Pain Reliever
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 13-Feb-1999 12:00 AM EST
Food Safety Tips
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 23-Feb-1999 12:00 AM EST
Pesticide Alarm Needs Closer Look
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 3-Mar-1999 12:00 AM EST
Gulf War Syndrome Real; Could Have Many Causes
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 9-Apr-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Cisplatin Discoverer Laments State of Cancer Research
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 6-May-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Seeing the Next Millennium... and Beyond
Michigan State University

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.

Released: 7-May-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Canadian Prime Minister: Commencement Speaker
Michigan State University

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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