WKAR Public Media and the College of Music at Michigan State University announced May 2 the upcoming broadcast premiere of "Music for Social Justice," a new television series exploring societal issues through music and the personal stories of the artists behind the music.

Working with tiny bacteria, Michigan State University researchers led by Lee Kroos have made a discovery about intramembrane proteases that could have big implications for biology.

Thanks to a lesser-known feature of microbiology, Michigan State University researchers have helped open a door that could lead to medicines, vitamins and more being made at lower costs and with improved efficiency.

A $2 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has helped launch the Diaspora Solidarities Lab (DSL), a Black feminist digital humanities initiative that supports solidarity work in Black and Ethnic Studies with a commitment to transformative justice.

Each year, the MSU Innovation Celebration honors Michigan State University researchers who reported an invention, licensed a technology or were awarded patents during the academic year. The awards recognize outstanding achievements in technology transfer and commercialization, corporate engagement, and sponsored research.

The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams will be the preeminent user facility of its kind in the world — and home to the world’s most powerful heavy-ion accelerator — funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, the state of Michigan and Michigan State University.

Michigan State University’s Ben Orlando is a structural biologist who studies some of nature’s smallest machines, sees how they are put together and figures out how they work.

Spartan researchers publish the complete genome of the Rio pearlfish, a ‘superhero’ species. All of this new information strengthens the Rio pearlfish’s potential as a model organism that can further understanding of human health.

New Michigan State University research details how switchgrass, a biofuel crop, can mitigate effects of climate change when grown on marginal land — agricultural land of little value. For farmers, it may also provide economic returns in these otherwise unproductive spaces.

Two new galleries at the MSU Museum are dedicated to student and faculty research at MSU. Exhibitions in The Sandbox gallery will highlight more experimental exhibitions while the New Horizons space will feature research from the National Science Foundation Broader Impacts, art-science residencies and a rotation of other student and faculty research.

Michigan State University is emerging as a leading institution in reproductive health research as indicated by the number of its faculty members who are ranked among the world’s top fertility experts.

Many breast cancer survivors deal with lingering symptoms of fatigue and sleep disturbances long after their cancer has gone into remission. Researchers found that personalized time for light therapy improved breast cancer survivors’ sleep.