A new milestone by engineers at UC Berkeley can help robots become more touchy-feely, literally. A research team led by Ali Javey, UC Berkeley associate professor of electrical engineering a... Read more
Significant stresses in these areas could jeopardize food security New research on the global maize (corn) trade suggests that any disruptions to U.S. exports could pose food security risks... Read more
In the global war against disease-carrying mosquitoes, scientists have long believed that a single molecular door was the key target for insecticide. This door, however, is closing, giving m... Read more
Perhaps the hardest part of owning a pet is making difficult decisions when a beloved companion becomes seriously ill. That’s why Michigan State University researchers are developing a new t... Read more
An international team of scientists has developed crop models to better forecast food production to feed a growing population – projected to reach 9 billion by mid-century – in the fa... Read more
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 bom... Read more
Scientists have discovered a molecular process in the brain triggered by cocaine use that could provide a target for treatments to prevent or reverse addiction to the drug. Reporting in the... Read more
The increasing production and use of antibiotics, about half of which is used in animal production, is mirrored by the growing number of antibiotic resistance genes, or ARGs, effectively red... Read more
Grace is about 10 times smaller and lighter than a commercial underwater glider. A high-tech robotic fish hatched at Michigan State University has a new look. A new skill. And a new name. MS... Read more
An international team has found that a troubling net loss in diversity among the microbial organisms responsible for a functioning ecosystem is accompanying deforestation in the Amazon rainf... Read more
“By modifying its composition in a very small way, we produced highly efficient thermoelectric materials.” By using common materials found pretty much anywhere there is dirt, a team of Michi... Read more
Approximately 90 percent of the world’s electricity is generated by heat energy. Unfortunately, electricity generation systems operate at around 30 to 40 percent efficiency, meaning around t... Read more
It’s relatively easy to collect massive amounts of data on microbes. But the files are so large that it takes days to simply transmit them to other researchers and months to analyze once the... Read more
They can also share information easily with consulting agronomists, crop insurance agents, the Agriculture Department and others. THE world doesn’t necessarily need the gazillion-and-one gam... Read more
A new biofuel production process created by Michigan State University researchers produces 20 times more energy than existing methods. The results, published in the current issue of Environm... Read more
