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When good companies do bad things

November 18, 2009

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- 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.

Water-conserving irrigation strategies minimize overwatering, runoff

November 4, 2009

EAST LANSING, MI -- Conserving water and reducing the environmental impact of runoff are two of the most important issues confronting container nursery operations.

Robot fish could monitor water quality

November 2, 2009

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Nature inspires technology for an engineer and an ecologist teamed up at Michigan State University.

Miscounting bioenergy benefits may increase greenhouse gas release

October 22, 2009

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- A fixable error in the way carbon is counted in current U.S. climate legislation and in the Kyoto Protocol could undermine efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by using biofuels, says a premier group of national environmental and land use scientists.

Internet fuels virtual subculture for sex trade, study finds

October 21, 2009

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- 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 State University criminologist.

Time in a bottle: Scientists watch evolution unfold

October 18, 2009

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- A 21-year Michigan State University experiment that distills the essence of evolution in laboratory flasks not only demonstrates natural selection at work, but could lead to biotechnology and medical research advances, researchers said.

Long feared extinct, rare bird rediscovered

October 13, 2009

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Known to science only by two specimens described in 1900, a critically endangered crow has re-emerged on a remote, mountainous Indonesian island thanks in part to a Michigan State University scientist.

MSU research: Small classes have long-term benefit for all students

October 9, 2009

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Providing small classes for at least several consecutive grades starting in early elementary school gives students the best chance to succeed in later grades, according to groundbreaking new research from a Michigan State University scholar.

New mobile lab allows MSU researchers to study air quality, health effects

October 7, 2009

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- A new mobile air research laboratory will help a team of researchers led by a Michigan State University professor better understand the damaging health effects of air pollution and why certain airborne particles -- emitted from plants and vehicles -- induce disease and illness.

MSU scientist helps map potato genome, hope to improve crop yield

September 24, 2009

EAST LANSING, Mich. - It's been cultivated for at least 7,000 years and spread from South America to grow on every continent except Antarctica. Now the humble potato has had its genome sequenced.

Researchers to probe whether Lyme disease will follow spread of ticks across US

September 16, 2009

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Potentially debilitating Lyme disease doesn't afflict people everywhere that the ticks harboring it are found. At least not yet. A five-university consortium led by a Michigan State University researcher wants to find out why.

Sleep helps reduce errors in memory, MSU research suggests

September 10, 2009

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Sleep may reduce mistakes in memory, according to a first-of-its-kind study led by a cognitive neuroscientist at Michigan State University.



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