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For the second time, Michigan State University has received a gold rating for sustainability achievements through the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, or AASHE.

Spartan researchers helped discover a small genetic tweak in electric fish that has implications for most vertebrates, including humans.

Working with Stanford University, engineers at Michigan State University have invented what they call “NeuroString” — a soft implantable probe that enables researchers to study the chemistry of brain and gut health.

New theoretical research from FRIB could help answer looming questions about the ghost-like neutrino particle, including its mass and whether it is its own antiparticle.

An MSU research team has developed a unique model to analyze declining biodiversity and understand the changes occurring within individual species and across broader wildlife communities.

MSU researchers find an integrated approach to land management practices can reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere far more than earlier estimates.

As a high school student, Dr. Liz Munch decided she did not want to be a math nerd and opted to pursue a music degree instead. Now, Dr. Munch has found her calling in an exciting area of math known as topological data analysis (TDA).

A Michigan State University-led research team has received a $769,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop a rapid biosensor test for foodborne pathogens.

Spartans are unveiling and studying chemical clues that could lead to better diagnoses and treatments for a metastatic form of breast cancer with support from a $2 million NIH grant.

On the list of scientific tools that help us understand health, evolution or the environment, the Trinidadian guppy doesn't often come to mind. Michigan State researchers reveal how these guppies can help understand the gut microbiome as organisms evolve.