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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.
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Scientists Uncover How Ovarian Cancer Resists Chemotherapy and How To Reverse It

A new MSU study reveals how ovarian cancer develops resistance to chemotherapy and identifies a protein that could help restore drug effectiveness and improve patient outcomes.
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Viruses May Adapt Native Crops to Challenging Environments

MSU researchers are studying how naturally occurring viruses may help native switchgrass adapt to environmental stress, offering new insights into crop resilience and sustainable agriculture.
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The Secret to Antibody Diversity Lies in DNA Loops

In a new Nature Communications study, an MSU research team discovered how two chromosome-organizing proteins work together to guide antibody-gene assembly, offering new insights into immune function and disease.
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Could a Controversial Cooling Strategy Save Our Fisheries and Coral Reefs From Marine Heat Waves?

Researchers say a controversial strategy to shield Earth from some of the sun’s rays would offer unequal protection for the oceans and communities that depend on them, leaving 25% to 75% of the world’s seas still at risk from overheating.
Announcements
Luedtke Awarded 2026 NEOGEN Land Grant Prize
Michigan State University doctoral student Christian Luedtke has been awarded the 2026 NEOGEN Land Grant Prize, which recognizes graduate student research with the potential to advance scientific discovery while creating economic impact through practical applications.
Flint Awards Highest Civic Honor to MSU's Mona Hanna
MSU’s Mona Hanna received a key to the city of Flint in recognition of her transformative impact on public health and child advocacy.
Henry Ford + MSU Innovation Fund Announces First Investments
The Henry Ford + MSU Innovation Fund has made its first investments, supporting two early-stage companies developing technologies to improve diagnosis, treatment and patient care.
Nwando Achebe Elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
MSU historian Nwando Achebe has been elected a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, recognizing her outstanding contributions to historical scholarship and African history.
FRIB Receives Genesis Mission Award for AI-Powered Research
FRIB and Argonne National Laboratory received a Genesis Mission Phase I award to develop artificial intelligence tools that could transform how heavy-ion accelerators and isotope separators are operated.
FRIB's Witek Nazarewicz Elected Foreign Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences
FRIB chief scientist Witek Nazarewicz receives one of Poland’s highest scientific honors for his contributions to nuclear physics.