Recent Research
In the current issue of Science, researchers at Michigan State University demonstrate how a new virus evolves, which sheds light on how easy it can be for diseases to gain dangerous mutations.
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Bacteria infections -- most of which are preventable via vaccines readily available in the developed world -- and not malaria are the leading cause of death for children in sub-Saharan Africa. A new Michigan State University project based in Nigeria and funded by a $5.8 million grant aims to help prevent these diseases by collecting local data on the ailments, spurring vaccine use and development. -
A receptor found on blood platelets whose importance as a potential pharmaceutical target has long been questioned may in fact be fruitful in drug testing, according to new research from Michigan State University chemists. -
Lawrence Busch, MSU University Distinguished Professor of sociology and co-director of the Center for the Study of Standards in Society in the department of Sociology examines how standards play a central role in constructing reality in his new book, Standards: Recipes for Reality.
What's Hot
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Cross-disciplinary teams of MSU researchers are gaining national and international recognition for their pioneering solutions to the critical health challenges faced by women. -
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. -
Michigan State University scientists are working to make new energy storage technologies a marketplace reality. -
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MSU water research aims to improve environmental health, economic health and human health. -
Michigan’s strong research universities and institutes, diversity of crops grown, and policymakers’ commitment make the state a potential leader in the bioeconomy, according to MSU researchers.