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Mapping a Virus: Visualizing COVID-19 in Michigan
As cases of the novel coronavirus began spreading across the globe earlier this year, Jonnell Sanciangco, a Michigan State University doctoral candidate specializing in spatial methodologies in the Department…
Researchers Earn Grant to Study Fungus that Causes Liver Cancer
Felicia Wu, John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, and David Hennessy, Elton R. Smith Chair in…
SAWBO ‘Goes Hollywood’ for Myth-Busting COVID-19 Animation
Scientific Animations Without Borders – or, SAWBO – a Michigan State University-based program, partnered with Hollywood animator Neal Sternecky to produce an educational COVID-19 video for distribution in…
Mental Health Awareness Month Q&A: How Stress Affects Parents and Kids
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month and Michigan State University College of Nursing experts are offering tips on how to balance the mind. In this feature, Assistant…
Berkeley Lab Researchers and Collaborators Elected into National Academy of Sciences
Berkeley Lab scientists James Hurley and F. Dean Toste have been elected into the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Two researchers with close ties to Berkeley Lab were also elected into the 2020 NAS class.
Researchers Measure Cancer Cell Mechanics in Living Animals Using Nanoparticles
A first-of-its-kind nanoparticle-based in vivo imaging technique that may one day be used to help diagnose and even treat cancer has been developed by researchers collaborating from Michigan…
Scientists Explore Links Between Genetics, Gut Microbiome, and Memory
Scientists from Pacific Northwest and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories showed that both dietary and supplementary sources of a common gut microbe or its main chemical product, lactic acid, led to better memory performance in mice.
Machine Learning Tool Could Provide Unexpected Scientific Insights into COVID-19
A team of materials scientists at Berkeley Lab – scientists who normally spend their time researching things like high-performance materials for thermoelectrics or battery cathodes – have built a text-mining tool in record time to help the global scientific community synthesize the mountain of scientific literature on COVID-19 being generated every day.
Using ComArtSci Computer Power to Understand COVID-19
While Computer Labs Await the Return of Students, MSU’s College of Communication Arts and Sciences Dedicates Unused Resources to Protein Folding Project Spartans are contributing to a global…
