Walker Lab Researchers Find Trees Acclimate to Changing Temperatures
Researchers from the Walker lab at the Michigan State University-Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, or PRL, are looking at how paper birch trees are acclimatizing to changing environments through how they manage a vital plant process called photorespiration.
Smarter Blood Tests Deliver Faster Diagnoses, Improved Outcomes
Medical professionals have long known that the earlier a disease is detected, the higher the chance for a better patient outcome. Now, a multidisciplinary team of Michigan State University researchers, in collaboration with experts from Karolinska Institute and the University of California, Berkeley, has pioneered a way to do just that.
FRIB Research Team Identifies Flaw in Physics Models of Massive Stars and Supernovae
An international team of researchers led by scientists from the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at Michigan State University uncovered evidence that astrophysics models of massive stars and supernovae are inconsistent with observational gamma-ray astronomy.
MSU Receives NIH Grant to Study Dementia Risks
MSU researchers have been awarded a $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. They will study the potential relationship between vitamin D deficiency, gut microbial imbalance and inflammation as contributors to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia, or ADRD.
New Research Model Involving E2F5 Gene Helping Better Understand Breast Cancer
A Michigan State University researcher’s new model for studying breast cancer could help scientists better understand why and where cancer metastasizes.
Computational Models of Human Memory Show Significance of Mental Timeline
Dr. Karl Healey, Director of the Computational Basis of Cognitive Control (CBCC) lab in Michigan State University’s Department of Psychology is researching human episodic memory and how people form memories of the different events or episodes that happen to them.
Researchers, Pet Industry Collaborate to Keep Amphibians Free of Disease
MSU conservation biologist Alexa Warwick and a multi-institution team of researchers are collaborating with the pet industry and other stakeholders to identify strategies to mitigate the risk of spillover of pathogens to wild populations.
Fishing for Biochemistry’s ‘Dark Matter’
To some, it’s “dark matter.” For others, terra incognita: unexplored land. These are just some of the phrases biochemists use when describing the metabolome, the set of all small molecules, or metabolites, in a biological sample.
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