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Designing Smarter Roads to Engage Driver Attention and Reduce Noise

MSU researchers are designing smarter road infrastructure to improve driver awareness, reduce crashes and make highways safer.
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How Mini Hearts Could Help Transform How We Treat Heart Disease

MSU scientists are creating heart organoids, uncovering new insights into future brain-heart communication.
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It’s Disturbingly Easy to Trick AI Into Seeing Aliens

Researchers at MSU show that artificial intelligence can fall for alien hoaxes, detecting signatures of life where none exist.
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Study Underscores Barriers for Supporting Male Survivors

Male survivors of intimate partner violence are less likely to seek help than female survivors, according to new research from MSU’s School of Social Work.
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College Students With Autism Are Far More Common Than Previously Known

Autistic students are attending college in far greater numbers than previously understood, but many campuses may not realize how many there are or how to support them.
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MSU Transforms Unused Lawns Into Thriving Pollinator Habitats

MSU Landscape Services transformed six acres of underused turfgrass into pollinator habitats, advancing the university's sustainability goals.
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How Spartans and Citizen Scientists Team Up to Protect Michigan’s Natural Spaces

MSU researchers and community scientists are working together to protect Michigan's natural spaces through volunteer-led environmental monitoring projects.
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Cooling Strategy Not a Panacea for Marina Heat Waves

A new MSU study finds that a controversial strategy to block some of the sun's rays would offer unequal protection for the oceans, leaving many seas still at risk from overheating.
Announcements
MSU Scientist Jason Rowntree Recognized for Sustainable Agriculture Research, Leadership
Jason Rowntree received NCR-SARE's Hero Recognition for his long-term leadership and contributions to sustainable agriculture across the North Central region.
Seed Grants Nurture New Directions and Collaborations Campus Wide
MSU’s Ecology, Evolution and Behavior program awarded seed grants to 12 interdisciplinary research teams, providing early funding to help launch innovative projects and secure future external research support across fields ranging from AI to conservation and public health.
12 MSU Scholars, Students Named Fulbright Finalists
The Fulbright Program has selected five Michigan State University faculty members and seven students as finalists for the 2026–27 academic year.
MSU AgBioResearch Funds Three Projects to Advance Health, Food Systems and Community Well-Being
MSU AgBioResearch has selected three projects to fund through the Growing Healthy Together Initiative, a program designed to solve complex health challenges through transdisciplinary research.
Ren and Shipley Named Guggenheim Fellows
Two MSU professors have been named 2026 Guggenheim Fellows: Xuefei Ren, a professor of sociology in the College of Social Science, and Lara Shipley, assistant professor of photography in the College of Arts and Letters’ Department of Art, Art History and Design.

Michigan State University Advances One Health Research at Summit
This faculty-based initiative brought together more than 600 researchers to shape interdisciplinary pathways and position MSU as a national leader in One Health.