Chemistry professor Xuefei Huang is the 2009 recipient of the New Investigator Award from the American Chemical Society Carbohydrate Division. The award acknowledges Huang for contributions to research in carbohydrate chemistry and will be presented at the ACS fall meeting in Washington. Huang’s research has significant implications for medicine as the complex molecules can be [...]
MSU physics professors and colleagues around the world took a step closer to understanding the universe with the discovery of a fundamental building block of nature. The recent discovery of a single top quark at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory near Chicago is a major breakthrough in understanding matter and energy. Read [...]
Zoology professor Elena Litchman explored how nutrient limitation affects the evolution of the size of diatoms in different environments. The findings, recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, underscore potential consequences for aquatic food webs and climate shifts. Read more…
With the April 1 deadline for summer undergraduate research scholarships approaching, NatSci profiles zoology senior Sam Rossman who has participated in several undergraduate research projects.
When Sam Rossman graduates in May, he will have a B.S. in zoology as well as the experience of conducting two research projects and a presentation at a national science conference under his [...]
The Michigan Agriculture Experiment Station (MAES) has developed a website with details and resources related to the Governor’s proposed budget cuts as they relate to MSU research and extension services. You can view the site at http://anrcom.msu.edu/Budget.aspx
