Think keeping in shape is an uphill battle? Try staying fit in space, where living quarters are cramped and prolonged weightlessness withers muscle and bone. That’s the challenge a group of MSU researchers will address with a new three-year, $1.2 million grant from NASA.

Sometime in the next quarter-century, NASA plans to send the first humans to Mars, a mission that will push the boundaries of teamwork. MSU researchers aim to arm the astronaut crew with innovative devices that will monitor interactions and provide instant feedback when conflict or other issues arise.

Buying an energy-efficient appliance or light bulb can seem like a green act and a good idea. But that depends on if the buyer is red or blue.

In the United States, rivers and their floodplains are well-documented and monitored. Ecuador’s largest river, however, remains largely mysterious.

The Barton Malow Co.’s recent work on MSU’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams project is just the latest in a long list of projects the company has done on behalf of MSU.

Parkinson’s disease is a neurological disorder that affects a half million people in the United States, with about 50,000 newly diagnosed cases each year. There is no cure and, until now, no reliable method for detecting the disease. But an MSU research team has developed an innovative detection method that is a major breakthrough in diagnosing Parkinson’s in early stages—the point at which treatment to control symptoms is most effective.

The announcement by actress Angelina Jolie that she had a double mastectomy has put a spotlight on the genetics behind breast cancer, and could even have implications for a pending Supreme Court case. MSU experts are available to sort out the science behind Jolie’s decision, what it has to do with coming high court ruling and what women need to know about their genes and breast cancer.

A new specialization in MSU's Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition will help prepare students for work in Michigan’s beverage industry as well as the general U.S. industry.

Remains of endangered Hawaiian petrels – both ancientand modern – show how drastically today’s open seas fish menu has changed.

Mosquitoes are deadly efficient disease transmitters. Research conducted at MSU, however, demonstrates that they also can be equally adept in curing diseases such as malaria.