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Michigan State University has put forward six exceptional students and recent graduates for the Rhodes Scholarship, one of the world's most prestigious academic awards. Results will be announced in November, and winners receive full funding to study at Oxford University.
Three Michigan State University graduate students just earned one of the school's most prestigious honors for future policy leaders. The Ira Polley Memorial Scholarship recognizes their dedication to public service and academic excellence.
Over 70 food safety experts from 24 countries gathered at Michigan State University to tackle a critical challenge: keeping the world's food safe as climate change, new technologies, and global supply chains create unprecedented risks. Their shared mission: "If it's not safe, it's not food."
A biochemist who started her career fascinated by soap has engineered a breakthrough cancer treatment using near-infrared light that targets tumors without harming healthy tissue. The therapy is now moving toward real-world use through a startup company.
In 1879, a botanist buried 20 bottles of seeds to answer one question: how long can they survive? Nearly 150 years later, scientists are still digging them up every 20 years, and the findings could save our future food supply.
Michigan State University researchers have developed a copper-based surface that uses sunlight to destroy harmful bacteria without antibiotics. This breakthrough could help hospitals fight germs while reducing antibiotic resistance.
For the first time ever, researchers have recreated a rare cosmic reaction that forms one of the universe's rarest elements, bringing us closer to understanding where everything came from. The breakthrough cuts uncertainty in half but reveals we still have more to learn about exploding stars.
Scientists created microscopic robots smaller than a hair that swim through the body to kill tumors without surgery. These biodegradable "TriMag" robots could make cancer treatment, brain surgery, and eye procedures safer and less painful.
Michigan State researchers discovered that AI agents designed to mirror human behavior can encourage people to cooperate more, potentially offering a path to building more generous communities. The breakthrough could reshape how we design technology that brings out the best in us.
