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Switchgrass (left), a perennial warm season grass native to North America, can be made into renewable biofuel. Fermentation equipment (right) uses microorganisms to ferment glucose (complex sugars) into ethanol, one of the most common biofuels.

$2.4M fund to develop products from bio-based feedstocks
Thanks to a $1.09 million grant from the Michigan Strategic Fund, plus matching funds from Michigan State University (MSU), several bio-based MSU research projects will be fast-tracked for commercial development over the next three years.

  • How much does work interfere with life?
    Traditionally, companies have focused on helping workers find “work-family” balance. New research at Michigan State University suggests that a growing number of single, childless workers have trouble finding the time or energy to participate in non-work interests, just like those with spouses and kids.

  • Few pregnant women get treated for STIs
    Many pregnant women with sexually transmitted infections aren’t getting the treatment they need when they visit emergency rooms, according to a new Michigan State University study that highlights a wholly preventable risk to unborn children and raises questions about current medical guidelines.

  • Antibiotic use in animals affects global human health
    A study in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that China - the world’s largest producer and consumer of antibiotics - doesn’t monitor the powerful medicine’s usage. The increasing use of antibiotics, about half of which are for animal production, is mirrored by the growing number of antibiotic resistance genes, or ARGs.

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    MSU water research aims to improve environmental health, economic health and human health.
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  • MSU Biofuel Research: The benefits of biofuels
    Plant sugars have been fermented into ethanol for hundreds of years. Currently, most ethanol is made from corn grain or sugar cane. Bruce Dale, professor of chemical engineering and materials science, is an expert on making ethanol from cellulose, plant stalks, grass, corn cobs and other woody plant parts.
  • DNA could be obtained from backpacks even after a bomb was detonated inside. Photo by G.L. Kohuth

    Backpacks, not the bombs inside, key to finding DNA
    Catching terrorists who detonate bombs may be easier by testing the containers that hide the bombs rather than the actual explosives, according to pioneering research led by Michigan State University.

  • Advanced energy storage technology
    Michigan State University scientists are working to make new energy storage technologies a marketplace reality.

  • 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.

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