Research for You
With support from the federal government, Spartan researchers have delivered lifesaving breakthroughs for generations and continue to tackle our most urgent challenges. From lifesaving cancer drugs that treat millions to advancements in agriculture that help deliver healthy food to the kitchen table, Spartan research makes life better.
MSU Salutes Breakthroughs in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at 2025 Innovation Celebration
Michigan State University’s Innovation Center hosted the highly anticipated 2025 Innovation Celebration on April 1 at the Kellogg Center, honoring the trailblazers advancing research, entrepreneurship, and economic development in the region and beyond.
American Cancer Society Grant Fuels Research in Colorectal, Breast and Cervical Cancer
Four dedicated researchers from Michigan State University have received grants totaling more than $3 million from the American Cancer Society, or ACS, to find new ways to prevent, detect, treat and help patients survive colorectal, breast and cervical cancer.
School-Based Asthma Therapy Improves Student Health, Lowers Medical Costs
School-based asthma therapy, or SBAT, is a way to help students breathe easier. Students say that they like learning to be responsible for taking their medication, they can run around outside, and they feel better when they take their medicine regularly.
Eating Brown Rice Increases Exposure to Arsenic Compared to White Rice
According to new research from Michigan State University, published in the journal Risk Analysis, brown rice was found to contain higher levels of arsenic content and inorganic arsenic concentration than white rice among American populations.
Scientists Discover New Microbes in Earth’s Deep Soil
Tiedje, a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the MSU Department of Microbiology, Genetics and Immunology and the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, discovered in this huge, unexplored microbial world a completely different phylum, or primary category, of microbe called CSP1-3.
Researcher Identifies Variability in Supermassive Black Hole in the Andromeda Galaxy
DiKerby, who’s also a member of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, and his collaborators examined 15 years of data collected by Chandra. Then, they pieced together a record of the X-ray light produced by a supermassive black hole in the Andromeda galaxy called M31 star or M31*.
Researchers Use ‘Smart’ Bomb Therapy to Destroy Breast Cancer
A wife and husband professor team at Michigan State University are collaborating with researchers at the University of California, Riverside to create a new light-activated “smart” bomb to treat aggressive breast cancer.
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