Michigan State University


Michigan State University (MSU) was established in 1855 and is located in East Lansing, Michigan. The student body exceeds 40,000 students and includes undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees. MSU's work in technology, science and engineering is ranked high in the USA. MSU's graduate school in nuclear physics was recently named the 2nd highest school of its kind in the U.S. MSU is consistently rated in the Top 100 of public universities and is particularly noted for its high retention rate for undergraduate students.

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403 Olds Hall • East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1047

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Using superconducting probes to get a picture of what it's like inside CNTs

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Carbon nanotubes are exciting for fundamental physics, and for potential technological applications," Nadya Mason tells PhysOrg.com. "However, we are generally limited in the way that we can study them. ...


When good companies do bad things

When good companies do bad things: Examining illegal corporate behavior

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The more prominent and financially successful a corporation becomes, the more likely it is to break the law, according to a new study led by a Michigan State University scholar that challenges previous research.


Don't be happy, be worried: Sports fans need dose of negative

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

For sports fans watching their favorite team play, the greatest enjoyment comes only with a strong dollop of fear and maybe even near-despair, a new study suggests.


Good hygiene goes a long way toward keeping pets, people healthy

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- People may not be the only ones susceptible to the H1N1 virus this year - family pets also can fall victim to the influenza.


National anti-gun violence program largely successful, study finds

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Project Safe Neighborhoods - a community-based policing effort launched in 2001 - has been largely successful in its goal of reducing violent crime, according to an analysis by Michigan State University, the national research ...


Water-conserving irrigation strategies minimize overwatering, runoff

Water-conserving irrigation strategies minimize overwatering, runoff

Biology / Other

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Conserving water and reducing the environmental impact of runoff are two of the most important issues confronting container nursery operations. Current regulations and laws in five states limit water consumption ...


Obesity significantly cuts odds of successful pregnancy

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Obese women are as much as 28 percent less likely to become pregnant and have a successful pregnancy, according to research that earned a Michigan State University professor a national award.


Research sheds new light on neutron stars (w/ Video)

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research by Michigan State University scientists has shed new light on the properties of neutron stars, galactic oddities that are formed when a large star runs out of fuel and collapses.


Robot fish could monitor water quality

Robot fish could monitor water quality

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Nature inspires technology for an engineer and an ecologist teamed up at Michigan State University. They're developing robots that use advanced materials to swim like fish to probe underwater environments.


Pregnant women risk early delivery from using psychiatric medication

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Women with a history of depression who used psychiatric medicine during pregnancy have triple the odds of delivering a premature baby.


Simple measures can yield big greenhouse gas cuts, scientists say

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (7) | comments 2

New technologies and policies that save energy, remove atmospheric carbon and limit greenhouse gas emissions are needed to fight global climate change - but face daunting technological, economic and political hurdles, a Michigan ...


A serving of soy a day can help keep breast cancer away

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It is estimated that 40,170 women will die from breast cancer in 2009, and while much less common in men, they are not immune to the disease. It is estimated that 1,910 diagnoses of invasive breast cancer ...


Patient hopelessness linked to poor cardiac rehab, researchers find

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Feelings of hopelessness lead to decreased participation in rehabilitation for patients recovering from cardiac events such as a heart attack, according to a team of researchers led by a Michigan State University ...


Standards for a New Genomic Era

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of geneticists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, together with a consortium of international researchers, has recently proposed a set of standards designed to elucidate the quality of publicly available ...


Internet fuels virtual subculture for sex trade, study finds

Internet fuels virtual subculture for sex trade, study finds

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The Internet has spawned a virtual subculture of "johns" who share information electronically about prostitution, potentially making them harder to catch, according to a new study co-authored by a Michigan ...