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Michigan State University will hire 100 new faculty members to embark on a long-term effort to expand its scientific research profile. We talk with MSU’s…
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Federal funding for scientific research, in everything from energy to biomedical science, has flatlined in recent years. Some scientists worry that means…
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Universities across the U-S are settling into the fall semester. Here in Michigan, a large amount of their research focuses on biomedicine and life…
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Why do we sleep? Some new research indicates that sleep may actually be what enables the brain’s cleaning crew to keep things chemically tidy in there. A…
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The role of the academic journal in advancing research findings is changing rapidly. A New York Times article earlier this year looked at the problem of…
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The self-destruction of the comet ISON captured the public imagination last week, as it passed between our planet and the sun. The mystery of outer space…
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Among the many federal government agencies and programs affected by the across the board spends cuts known as the sequestration, which took effect last…
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Hunger and malnourishment have plagued parts of Africa for generations. And nearly as long as the problem has existed, scientists have been looking for…
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Dr. Natalie Phillips, the co-director and lead faculty for Literary Neuroscience and History of Mind at the Digital Humanities and Literary Cognition Lab,…
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Last March, the federal government enacted an $85 billion spending cut known as the "sequester." It's taken some time to assess the effects of these cuts,…