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Sue Rhee, Director of MSU's Plant Resilience Institute, is one of the College of Natural Science researchers working to make plants more climate resistant.
A desert plant that thrives in extreme heat may help scientists engineer future crops for an increasingly warm world.
Rebecca Shavitupda
Bowhead whales can live more than 200 years with little cancer.
HealthBowhead whales may hold key to humans living for centuriesMac Oliveau
A new fossil study confirms that a smaller tyrannosaur once lived beside T. rex, changing how we see the dinosaur world and the science behind it. (image: Snout of Nanotyrannus).
DiscoveriesDecades old T. rex debate ends with stunning discoveryJoshua Shavit
Study finds daily movement slows early Alzheimer’s-related brain changes
HealthDaily physical activity lowers Alzheimer’s disease risk in older adultsJoseph Shavit
A new study shows how future high-resolution black hole images could test gravity at its limits and reveal whether Einstein’s theory still holds.
SpaceNew high-res black hole images challenge Einstein’s theory of relativityJoseph Shavit
A 20-year Japanese study finds blood sugar spikes—even within normal range—may predict early death from heart disease and cancer.
HealthA simple blood sugar test predicts your risk for an early deathMac Oliveau
Researchers used type Ia supernovae, similar to G299 pictured, to help establish that the universe's expansion may actually have started to slow.
SpaceUniversal expansion may be slowing down rather than speeding upJoseph Shavit
A new model suggests colossal early-universe stars shaped the chemistry of ancient star clusters and influenced the rise of young galaxies.
SpaceNew model reveals how supermassive stars shaped the early universeJoseph Shavit
Hektoria glacier on Antarctica's Eastern Peninsula.
Green ImpactHektoria glacier’s record breaking collapse signals a much bigger Antarctic threatMac Oliveau
A new study shows AI struggles to detect human lies, raising concerns about accuracy, bias and real-world risks.
AICan AI detect when a person is lying — should we trust it?Shy Cohen
The evidence shows that early hominins returned to the same area again and again between 2.75 and 2.44 million years ago.
DiscoveriesEarly humans started making and using tools 2.75 million years agoJoseph Shavit
A distant supermassive black hole produced the brightest flare ever recorded, likely caused by a giant star torn apart inside its disk.
SpaceAstronomers witness most powerful black hole flare ever — as bright as 10 trillion sunsJoshua Shavit
Scientists reveal how the brain’s hourly stress rhythm boosts alertness and cortisol, offering clues to sleep, mood, and mental health.
HealthScientists discover a stress clock in the brain that ticks every hourMac Oliveau
A global team tested how dark matter moves across the universe and found it follows gravity like ordinary matter, tightening limits on any hidden force.
SpaceDark matter obeys the same cosmic rules as ordinary matter, study findsJoseph Shavit
New CCNA2 research may help your heart regrow healthy muscle after injury.
HealthNew gene discovery can help repair heart damage from heart attack or heart failureJoseph Shavit
Laser light flips magnetism in common crystal, no heat required
DiscoveriesA flash of light just redefined what we know about matterShy Cohen
A pod of killer whales in Mexico’s Gulf of California has been filmed hunting juvenile great white sharks, flipping them to eat their nutrient-rich livers
DiscoveriesFilmed for the first time: Killer whales attack and kill great white sharksJoshua Shavit