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Research could lead to eco-friendly car tires
The world’s rubber supplies are in peril, and automobile tire producers are scrambling to seek alternative solutions.

  • Natural habitats reduce farmers' pest-control costs
    Farmers could create natural habitats near crops to attract pest-eating ladybugs, reducing insecticide costs - and environmental damage. But MSU researchers find such habitats must be 'landscape scale.'
  • This synthetic biosensor glows green when the tuberculosis bacterium senses low environmental oxygen, a cue for it to infect its host.

    MSU researcher uses biosensor to track TB
    Robert Abramovitch, a Michigan State University researcher in microbiology and molecular genetics, has been named a Grand Challenges Explorations winner by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for his work on developing new treatments for tuberculosis. He is using a biosensor that glows green when the TB bacterium senses low environmental oxygen, a cue for the bug to infect its host.

  • Peak risk for misusing prescription drugs happens at 16
    The peak risk for misusing prescription pain relievers occurs in mid-adolescence -- specifically about 16 years old -- earlier than many experts thought, according to a new study by Michigan State University researchers.

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  • MSU researchers focus on women's health
    Cross-disciplinary teams of MSU researchers are gaining national and international recognition for their pioneering solutions to the critical health challenges faced by women.
  • A robotic fish prototype developed in the MSU laboratory of Xiaobo Tan. More at MSU News...

    Robotics research at MSU
    At MSU, faculty and students are hard at work on a wide range of research projects in robotics, from designing “learning” robots, to achieving new breakthroughs using advanced power and control systems that mimic natural movement.

  • Education critical to producing excellent math teachers
    Countries that best prepare math teachers meet several key conditions generally lacking in the United States, according to the first international study of what teacher preparation programs are able to accomplish.

  • GLBRC: Integrated research on biofuels creates broader impact
    The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center - in which Michigan State University is a major partner - has just published their 2011 Science Report.

  • Advanced energy storage technology
    Michigan State University scientists are working to make new energy storage technologies a marketplace reality.
  • Joan Rose holds the Homer Nowlin Endowed Chair in Water Research at MSU and leads the Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment (CAMRA).

    Water research at MSU
    MSU water research aims to improve environmental health, economic health and human health.

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