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MSU to Expand Chip-Testing Facility at FRIB to Meet Critical National Need

The K500 Chip Testing Facility at FRIB will help meet the current national shortfall of testing capacity for advanced microelectronics, including those used for commercial spaceflight, wireless technology, and autonomous vehicles.
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MSU is Helping Shape the Future of Particle Physics

Spartan researchers are participating in the Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel (P5), a subgroup within the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP), which is advancing U.S. particle physics research.
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CREATE for STEM Scholars Receive Grant to Reimagine High School Physics

Michigan State University scholars from the CREATE for STEM Institute will use a $1.9 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences to reimagine how energy is taught in high school physics courses.
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MSU Works to Make Drinking Water Safer by Fighting Contaminants

MSU has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, to better understand the amount of pathogens and disinfection byproducts in drinking water distribution systems and to assess associated health risks.
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More trained leaders needed to solve global water Crisis

MSU is looking to address global water issues by developing a graduate training program to create a highly competent workforce with the broad technological, scientific and cultural skills needed to resolve current and future water challenges.
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How Plants Respond to Environmental Threats with Proper Defense

A study from the MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory (PRL) Howe lab looks at how plants respond to environmental threats in the correct way.
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Scientists Identify Win-Win Situations with Biodiversity and Farming

Michigan State University’s Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, or CSIS, identify ways for landowners in rural areas to be able to capitalize on win-win situations, whether they have fruitful land or not.
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MSU Scientists Find Plants' Ability to Fight Climate Change is Weakening

New research indicating that plants' ability to absorb carbon dioxide may have stalled, suggesting that perhaps we shouldn't put all our climate mitigation hopes in too many plant-based strategies either, at least for the time being.
Announcements
Feltz Receives Hetherington Award from National Academy of Kinesiology
University Distinguished Professor and Chairperson Emerita Deborah J. Feltz received the 2024 Hetherington Award from the National Academy of Kinesiology.
NSF Multifactor Authentication Implementation effective October 27
Effective on October 27, NSF Research.gov users must complete a one-time multifactor authentication (MFA) enrollment process and use the selected MFA for Research.gov actions. 
Sawtelle Named American Physical Society Fellow
Vashti Sawtelle, associate professor of physics, has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Digital Humanities and Literary Cognition Lab Receives Mellon Grant
“Creativity in the Time of COVID-19: Art as Medicine,” a four-year project that began in January 2021 at Michigan State University’s College of Arts and Letters received support from a $3 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Xie Named American Psychological Association Fellow
Michigan State University scholar Kui Xie was named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. The designation recognizes Xie for his contributions to the field of psychology.