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A team of researchers at MSU has documented the step-by-step process in which organisms evolve new functions. The results, published in the current issue of Nature, are revealed through an in-depth, genomics-based analysis that decodes how E. coli bacteria figured out how to supplement a traditional diet of glucose with an extra course of citrate.

Michigan State University and Monsanto Company are teaming up to tackle one of the most damaging pests on the farm – the corn rootworm.

A MSU program designed to overcome the racial and socioeconomic disparities seen among health researchers has spawned diverse projects ranging from managing chronic heart disease to preventing memory loss among diabetics.

A new video game designed to teach young people the ins and outs of finances has been developed by the Michigan State University Games for Entertainment and Learning Lab.

CEOs are sometimes rewarded for taking excessive risks – a practice that helped fuel the recent recession but could be altered if companies are more strategic in how they compensate their chief executives, an MSU scholar argues in a new study.

The discovery of a new gene could lead to better bug-resistant plants.

A new health care graduate program operated by Grand Valley State University and Michigan State University will help train workers for the growing field of clinical research trials.

MSU offers a wide range of programs designed to ease the transition for students who are coming to college after serving in the military. Thanks to this supportive environment, MSU has been named a Military Friendly School by G.I. Jobs magazine.

Reading a classic novel such as “Pride and Prejudice” can be entertaining, but, according to new research by a Michigan State University professor, it also can provide many other benefits beyond that.

Humans could learn from how plants handle stress.

The brutally repressive Soviet Union Vladimir Shlapentokh left behind 33 years ago may have opened its borders to the world, but today’s Russia has become wracked with greed, corruption and mass emigration that threaten the nation’s future.

Michigan State University’s supply chain program continues setting the national standard, according to U.S. News & World Report’s latest rankings of America’s Best Colleges.

The people of Merida in Yucatan, Mexico, soon will have access to 40 dialysis units thanks to a unique four-way partnership led by MSU's College of Osteopathic Medicine, with support from the community’s leadership, Project C.U.R.E. and the Bridge of Life Foundation.

The President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition has announced they are phasing out their Youth Fitness Test, which dates back to 1966, and replacing it with the Presidential Youth Fitness Program.

Since its one-department beginnings two decades ago, a Michigan State University-developed online learning system has grown so much that more than 140 institutions around the world, from high schools to world-class universities, now use it.

People who commit cyber-attacks against the government also tend to download music illegally and participate in physical protests. Surprisingly, however, they don’t appear to be acting out of some sense of national pride or patriotism, according to an MSU-led study.

MSU’s enrollment for the 2012-13 academic year is expected to be about 48,800 students, according to the preliminary enrollment report presented to the MSU Board of Trustees at its Sept. 7 meeting.

The MSU Board of Trustees has given its approval to the next step in the development of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, a world-class nuclear research facility that will attract scientists from all over the world to East Lansing.

MSU student enrollment for the 2012-13 academic year is expected to be about 48,800 students, a record number that reflects MSU’s status as one of the world’s top universities and maintains the number of in-state students attending the university.

A new addition to Michigan State University’s Wells Hall is open for business – 88,000 gross square feet of space that is now serving as the university’s language education hub.