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Spartan researchers have developed a way to get poplar trees to produce valuable molecules usually derived from shark livers

A new technique reveals single atom misfits and could help design better semiconductors used in modern and future electronics

The Data Nuggets program is promoting data literacy while making science more relatable

The nearly $1.8 million award will support work in drug discovery through molecular dynamics research in plants

Summer is the time for grilling, but as cooking moves from the kitchen to the patio, unwelcome bacterial guests can tag along for dinner.

The tool speeds up a crucial method in which nematodes help determine if plant-derived molecules are beneficial or harmful

A team led by MSU researchers has revealed the leading cause of butterfly loss in the Midwest

New MSU-led research uses technology related to ChatGPT to accelerate advances in medicine

The first results from FRIB’s precision measurement program measure the mass of a rare isotope

Medical laboratory science student Katie McGraw awarded Fulbright grant to research malaria

Spartans have uncovered new information about the galaxy’s central black hole, Sagittarius A*

The award supports Peter Lundquist’s search for “master regulators” in the stress response of plants

Rose Kithan-Lundquist, a doctoral student in MGI, is inspired by her family to reduce food waste.

Several researchers have been selected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

NIH awards nearly $1.8 million to MSU to explore the cellular basis of visceral pain

FRIB reserachers are helping solve complex computational problems with a new method called wavefunction matching.

Alumni and friends of the college gathered to peer into the future of sustainability with Spartan student and faculty experts

Researchers from the Zipkin lab look back at a century of change in statistical ecology.

Melanie Cooper, Lappan-Phillips Professor of Science Education at MSU, was recognized for her transformative work.

Upgrades will help power innovation in plant science, agriculture and sustainability

Björn Hamberger, Xuefei Huang and Alexander Pollack were among the 2024 awardees recognized by the MSU Innovation Center

Elias Aydi shares the story of a star explosion that will soon light up the night sky

“Dr. Long is a motivator, mentor and inspiration"

MSU researchers have made an evolutionary biology breakthrough

MSU, Harvard Medical School team up to expand vaccine science’s role in the fight against MRSA and other infections

FRIB researchers lead effort to merge nuclear physics experiments and astronomical observations

The College of Natural Science’s annual event honored its outstanding alumni, faculty and students.

The College of Natural Science has three newly minted Red Cedar Distinguished Professors

Zhang joins as the chair of the Department of Statistics and Probability

Using molecular dynamics, researchers from the Kramer and Vermaas labs showed how electrons move through a crystal, jumping from heme to heme. The researchers found that the rate at which the electrons jump from one heme to another highly depended on the temperature of the crystal.

Cheryl Kerfeld was a panelist at an event in Washington, DC commemorating US innovation at the nanoscale.

Dave Dvorak's dedication to the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station helps this sanctuary for environmental research flourish and grow.

Michigan State University students Libby Ashby and Aaron Philip have earned the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, becoming the university’s 54th and 55th Goldwater Scholars. 

Spartan researchers join a nationwide team to create a new way to design cell-sized microfactories that could help make medicines, biofuels and more.