Sentences with phrase «michigan state university»

A Finnish - North American collaboration of scientists at Michigan State University and the University of Helsinki has found a MERTK gene defect responsible for a recently identified form of progressive retinal atrophy in Swedish vallhund dogs.

Biofuels like the ethanol in U.S. gasoline could get cheaper thanks to experts at Rutgers University - New Brunswick and Michigan State University.

A new study from biologists at Rice University, the University of Notre Dame, Michigan State University, the University of Iowa and the University of Florida finds that ongoing evolutionary changes in one fruit fly species are having a domino effect on at least three species of predatory wasps.

For more than a quarter century, evolutionary biologist Richard Lenski and colleagues have been growing 12 flasks of E. coli at Michigan State University.

Now, a group of researchers from Michigan State University and the University of Utah have found a potential link between pulmonary function and the symptoms of voice fatigue unique to women.

Religious participation is linked to lower suicide rates in many parts of the world, including the United States and Russia, but does not protect against the risk of suicide in sections of Europe and Asia, finds new research by a Michigan State University scholar.

In search of better ways to teach the subject, researchers at Michigan State University developed complete evolutionary case studies spanning the gamut from the molecular changes underlying an evolving characteristic to their genetic consequences and effects in populations.

However, Michigan State University Foundation Professor Kelly Klump has found that the increased food intake causes some women to become much more preoccupied with their body weight and shape.

Even the smartest college students suffer academically when they use the Internet in class for non-academic purposes, finds new research by Michigan State University scholars.

From a speech at Michigan State University (M.S.U.) in early August: «To meet these goals, we will invest more in the clean - technology research and development that's occurring in labs and research facilities all across the country and right here at M.S.U., where you're working with farm owners to develop this state's wind potential and developing nanotechnology that will make solar cells cheaper.»

«The higher incidence of prolonged problems among women has been associated with a number of gender differences including physiological differences in the laryngeal system, differences in the endocrine system, and differences in pulmonary usage,» said Eric Hunter, the lead investigator and Associate Chair of Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders at the Michigan State University.

Materials provided by Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine.

Yesterday, here at the annual meeting of AAAS, which publishes Science, communications expert John Besley of Michigan State University in East Lansing talked to attendees about why trust in science remains high — and why so many scientists think otherwise.

And money is not the only inducement, says Monir Moniruzzaman, an anthropologist at Michigan State University in East Lansing.

Still, ecologist and sociologist Thomas Dietz of Michigan State University remains optimistic.

Decades ago, controversy churned over whether postpartum depression was a consequence of fluctuating hormones alone or something else, says neuroscientist Joseph Lonstein of Michigan State University in East Lansing.

Law enforcement authorities need to better understand trafficking patterns of cocaine in the United States to address one of the world's largest illegal drug markets, according to a Michigan State University researcher whose new methodology might help.

-- Robert T. Pennock, Lyman Briggs School of Science, Michigan State University

A geodynamicist at Michigan State University in East Lansing, McNamara models the mantle's slow - motion currents.

A Michigan State University researcher is challenging a widely held African belief that a spinal tap, a procedure safely used to treat other diseases, could suck the brain from the base of the skull and cause death in malaria patients.

Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine.

Carlos Navarrete, a psychologist at Michigan State University, and his colleagues looked into this issue by studying pregnant women.

«I think that is a nonsensical response» that reflects «the religious right's point of view,» says Jon Miller, a science literacy researcher at Michigan State University in East Lansing who authored the survey 3 decades ago and conducted it for NSF until 2001.

«Gladiators, like modern professional athletes, could become little corporations,» says classics professor David Potter of Michigan State University.

Invasive mussels and less nutrients from tributaries have altered the Lake Michigan ecosystem, making it more conducive to the stocking of lake trout and steelhead than Chinook salmon, according to a recent U.S. Geological Survey and Michigan State University study.

«The surprise was that men were more upset and debilitated after experiencing frightening sexual harassment than women,» said lead author Isis H. Settles, PhD, of Michigan State University.

«I believe he's going to favor growth of competitive programs and science,» says Jeffrey Armstrong, dean of the Michigan State University College of Agriculture in East Lansing.

Apple showed off FaceID last week under relatively controlled conditions, says Arun Ross, a professor of computer science and engineering at Michigan State University.

The study, co-authored by Michigan State University economist Soren Anderson, found children are 39 percent more likely to buy a particular brand of automobile if their parents bought that brand.

Xiaobo Tan, a Michigan State University professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, attested to the importance of multidisciplinary cooperation.

A Michigan State University research team is the first to show how a common bacterium found in improperly cooked chicken causes Guillain - Barre Syndrome, or GBS.

Kadane, William Thompson, of the University of California, Irvine, Black & White Forensics, LLC's John Black and Michigan State University's Anil Jain illustrate in «Forensic Science Assessments: A Quality and Gap Analysis of Latent Fingerprint Analysis» that while latent fingerprint examiners can successfully rule out most of the population from being the source of a latent fingerprint based on observed features, insufficient data exist to determine how fingerprint features really are unique.

Kay Holekamp and Laura Smale of Michigan State University in East Lansing have studied a clan of hyenas in Kenya.

of Public Health, Midland, MI and Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University, School of Human Medicine, «Our study group consists of premature infants with birthweights at the lowest level that is compatible with life.

«It was extremely frustrating,» says Aspi Kolah, an assistant professor of chemical engineering and materials science at Michigan State University (MSU) in East Lansing, who was stranded in his native India for 4.5 months while trying to convert his J - 1 visa to an H - 1B visa.

After finishing my Ph.D. at the Center for Microbial Ecology at Michigan State University, I had worked in two different research groups as a postdoctoral researcher, which gave me some experience in lab design.

Yet why this is happening remains a mystery, according to Matthew Grizzard, assistant professor of communication and principal investigator of the study published in current issue of the journal Media Psychology, with co-authors Ron Tamborini and John L. Sherry of Michigan State University and René Weber of the University of California Santa Barbara.

«We had wondered why we didn't see the dust,» said Devin Silvia, an astrophysicist at Michigan State University in East Lansing.

The winning computer was a Dell Pentium 4 in the office of Michael Shafer, a chemical engineering graduate student at Michigan State University.

«When ash trees are stressed by something like drought, you'd probably see a slightly faster growth of the emerald ash borer population,» said Deborah McCullough, a professor in Michigan State University's department of entomology.

Lark and colleagues at Michigan State University (MSU) recently published the results of a nationwide, multiple - case study in The American Biology Teacher detailing how Avida - ED curriculum was used in high school and college classrooms.

A group of organizational psychologists at Michigan State University and the University of Akron became interested in workplace arrogance during the global banking implosion, back when private - jetting, hotheaded leaders at doomed institutions like AIG were always in the news.

Researchers this year identified 44,000 acres of brownfield sites in the state that are suitable for harvesting wind and solar power, according to a study conducted by Michigan State University's Land Policy Institute and the National Center for Neighborhood and Brownfields Redevelopment at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

Research by Michigan State University, published in the current issue of Bioscience, explores the paradox that although ecologists share findings via scientific journals, they do not share the data on which the studies are built, said Patricia Soranno, MSU fisheries and wildlife professor and co-author of the paper.

In a study that evaluated some of the latest in automatic facial recognition technology, researchers at Michigan State University were able to quickly identify one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects from law enforcement video, an experiment that demonstrated the value of such technology.

So, controlling those levels could be an effective plan of attack against these diseases and others, said Jian Hu, Michigan State University biochemist.

The study, whose other author was Sacha Klein of Michigan State University, appears in the journal Child Abuse & Neglect.

Reguera, now at Michigan State University, says the new research finally establishes that the bio-nanowires play a role in nature.

Researchers at the University of Michigan and Michigan State University conducted analyses on nearly 2,300 families from 20 large U.S. cities who responded to surveys and interviews.

Today, much of the abandoned farmland where second - generation bioenergy crops could grow is degraded and dominated by invasive plants, says Phil Robertson, an ecologist at Michigan State University's W. K. Kellogg Biological Station in Hickory Corners.