Researchers in Michigan State University’s Department of Kinesiology found significant geographic variations in concussion diagnoses in United States emergency departments — with the highest rates in the South and lower rates in the Midwest and Northeast.

Aspiring law student Amaya Aten is a major in James Madison’s Comparative Cultures and Politics, and the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities with a focus in Language and Culture, as well as part of the Arts Living-Learning Community. She uses her complimentary majors to study how language affects the way people interact, and how that applies to policy theory and how laws are written.

This writing group is designed to prepare early-career faculty at MSU to submit a strong CAREER proposal to the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Microbiology, Genetics and Immunology graduate student Jasper Gomez was recently awarded a three-year Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (Diversity) for Individual Predoctoral Fellows (F31) which supports promising doctoral candidates who are conducting their dissertation research in a scientific health-related field.

Researchers have now confirmed that bacterial microcompartment, or BMC, pores work the same regardless of what configuration a BMC is in — and understanding how those pores work is vital to employing BMCs for human use, such as drug synthesis.

Researchers from Michigan State University and Corewell Health, in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic, have made a significant breakthrough in understanding post-COVID-19 lung complications.

Unpredictable precipitation is one of the most challenging elements of being a farmer. Not enough moisture, and plant growth is hindered. Too much can saturate the soil while setting the stage for diseases to thrive.

A study out of Michigan State University found that non-deceptive placebos, or placebos given with people fully knowing they are placebos, effectively manage stress even when the placebos are administered remotely.

Researchers from Michigan State University and Corewell Health used de-identified electronic health records of more than 1.5 million patients to analyze incidence rates and risk factors of mild cognitive impairment, or MCI, in rural and urban areas in West Michigan.