Published: April 28, 2014 Contact(s): Jakana Thomas , Andy Henion Terrorism can be a successful strategy for rebel groups during civil war, but only when governments allow it to work, finds a new study by a Michigan State… Read More ›
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‘Hip-hop’ students unfairly targeted, study finds
Published: Jan. 10, 2014 Black and Latino “hip-hop” students are disproportionately punished in urban schools, finds a two-year study that sheds light on some of the unfair disciplinary practices newly targeted by the Obama administration. Muhammad Khalifa, a Michigan State… Read More ›
Neurotoxicity of chemotherapy drugs / triggers changes in ion channels on dorsal root ganglia and dorsal horn neurons
Contact: Meng Zhao eic@nrren.org 86-138-049-98773 Neural Regeneration Research Chemotherapy is one of the primary treatments for cancer. However, one of the most disturbing findings of recent studies of cancer survivors is the apparent prevalence of chemotherapy-associated adverse neurological effects, including… Read More ›
Honor among (credit card) thieves?
Published: April 22, 2013 Contact(s): Andy Henion Media Communications office: (517) 355-3294 cell: (517) 281-6949 Andy.Henion@cabs.msu.edu, Thomas Holt Criminal Justice office: (517) 353-9563 holtt@msu.edu A Michigan State University criminologist dug into the seamy underbelly of online credit card theft and… Read More ›
Building healthy bones takes guts : Lactobacillus reuteri, significant increase in bone density after four weeks
Building healthy bones takes guts Contact(s): Andy McGlashen Media Communications office: (517) 355-5158 cell: (517) 420-1908 andy.mcglashen@cabs.msu.edu, Laura McCabe Physiology and Radiology office: (517) 884-5152 mccabel@msu.edu In what could be an early step toward new treatments for people with osteoporosis,… Read More ›
Homicide spreads like infectious disease
Contact(s): Andy Henion Media Communications office: (517) 355-3294 cell: (517) 281-6949 Andy.Henion@cabs.msu.edu, April Zeoli Criminal Justice office: (517) 353-9554 zeoli@msu.edu Homicide moves through a city in a process similar to infectious disease, according to a new study that may give… Read More ›
Exposure to insecticide may play role in obesity epidemic among some women: DDE, DDT
Contact: Jason Cody codyja@msu.edu 517-432-0924 Michigan State University Researchers study fish-eater cohort along Lake Michigan EAST LANSING, Mich. — Prenatal exposure to an insecticide commonly used up until the 1970s may play a role in the obesity epidemic in women,… Read More ›
Superman-Strength Bacteria Produce 24-Karat Gold : Microbial alchemy ( neo-alchemy )
A bioreactor uses a gold-loving bacteria to turn liquid gold into useable, 24-karat gold. (Credit: Photo by G.L. Kohuth) ScienceDaily (Oct. 2, 2012) — At a time when the value of gold has reached an all-time high, Michigan State University… Read More ›
Study links breast cancer risk to early-life diet and metabolic syndrome: ” totally independent of the body’s production of the hormone estrogen”
Contact: Patricia Bailey pjbailey@ucdavis.edu 530-752-9843 University of California – Davis Striking new evidence suggesting that diet and related factors early in life can boost the risk for breast cancer — totally independent of the body’s production of the hormone estrogen… Read More ›
Witch hunts targeted by grassroots women’s groups: Yes, Actual Witch Hunts ( India )
Contact: Andy Henion, Media Communications, Office: (517) 355-3294, Cell: (517) 281-6949, Andy.Henion@cabs.msu.edu; Soma Chaudhuri, Sociology, Office: (517) 353-0874, chaudh30@msu.edu Published: Sept. 04, 2012 EAST LANSING, Mich. — Witch hunts are common and sometimes deadly in the tea plantations… Read More ›
Computer viruses could take a lesson from showy peacocks ” digital organisms evolve, just like living things”
Contact: Layne Cameron, Media Communications, Office: (517) 353-8819, Cell: (765) 748-4827, Layne.Cameron@cabs.msu.edu; Ian Dworkin, Zoology, Office: 517-432-6733, idworkin@msu.edu Published: Aug. 29, 2012 E-mail Editor ShareThis MSU researchers explore what would happen if computer viruses had to find mates in… Read More ›
Study reveals ‘huffing’ household chemicals connected to teen suicide
Contact: Dave Brendsel dbrendse@du.edu 303-871-2775 University of Denver Girls who ‘huff’ are at higher risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors DENVER— With suicide as the third leading cause of death among adolescents in the United States, a new University of… Read More ›
Common parasite may trigger suicide attempts – “seven times more likely to attempt suicide”
Contact: Jason Cody, Media Communications, Office: (517) 432-0924, Cell: (734) 755-0210, Jason.Cody@cabs.msu.edu; Lena Brundin, College of Human Medicine, Office: (616) 234-0996, lena.brundin@hc.msu.edu EAST LANSING, Mich. — A parasite thought to be harmless and found in many people may actually… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 