Global News | World latest News| Trending News
MSU has a satellite uplink/LTN TV studio and Comrex line for radio interviews upon request. Newswise — EAST LANSING, Mich. – What if saving one animal species from extinction at a time isn’t the most effective approach? Michael Belitz, a Michigan State University postdoctoral researcher in the Zipkin Quantitative Ecology Lab, asked himself that question during his graduate work…
Newswise — Each summer, more and more lake beaches are forced to close due to toxic algae blooms. While climate change is often blamed, new research suggests a more complex story: climate interacts with human activities like agriculture and urban runoff, which funnel excess nutrients into the water. The study sheds light on why some lakes…
EAST LANSING, Mich. – From heat-related illnesses to the geographic expansion of infectious diseases, the effects of climate change on human health are complex. And indeed, dimensions of this interaction, such as the impact of climate change on gut health, remain overlooked. Emerging research shows this global phenomenon may make you sick to your stomach…
Newswise — EAST LANSING, Mich. – Vaccines, work from home, online learning, curbside pickup and masks became part of the daily routine as states issued stay-home orders in March 2020 to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Since then, there are many ways in which people have adjusted to a new normal. Here, 20 experts from…
BYLINE: Caleb Hess Newswise — EAST LANSING, Mich. – Tropical forests are massive biodiversity storehouses. While these rich swathes of land constitute less than one-tenth of Earth’s surface, they harbor more than 60% of known species. Among them is a higher concentration of endangered species than anywhere else on Earth. However, these regions are also…
EAST LANSING, Mich. – From helping catalyze interstellar reactions and fueling the birth of stars to its presence in neighborhood gas giants like Saturn and Jupiter, trihydrogen, or H3+, is best known as the “the molecule that made the universe.” While we have a clear picture of how the majority of H3+ is formed — a…
MSU has a satellite uplink/LTN TV studio and Comrex line for radio interviews upon request. EAST LANSING, Mich. – With Valentine’s Day around the corner, romance and relationships are front and center in many people’s minds. This is also true for fraudsters, who, instead of looking for love, want to scam people who are…
MSU expert: Using light to hear biology EAST LANSING, Mich. – Elad Harel is used to shining a light on the mysteries of the natural world. Working at the cutting-edge of ultrafast spectroscopy — the application of short laser pulses to analyze the dynamics of molecules — the Michigan State University associate professor’s research aims to reveal how…
Newswise — EAST LANSING, Mich. – Our sun is essentially a searing hot sphere of gas. Its mix of primarily hydrogen and helium can reach temperatures between 10,000 and 3.6 million degrees Fahrenheit on its surface and its atmosphere’s outermost layer. Because of that heat, the blazing orb constantly oozes a stream of plasma, made up…
BYLINE: Katie Rose Frey MSU has a satellite uplink/LTN TV studio and Comrex line for radio interviews upon request. EAST LANSING, Mich. – Researchers from Michigan State University’s Department of Human Development and Family Studies revealed that sleep patterns may vary across different racial and ethnic groups — notably for non-white and multiracial children. …
