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

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

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 2-Oct-1997 12:00 AM EDT
Sitting up straight key to MSU automotive research project
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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.

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

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.

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: 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.

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: 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.



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