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Michigan State University Sign
October 9, 2025
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MSU physicists work every day to advance quantum computing and help unravel the mysteries of the universe.
Michigan State University was recently honored with the 2025 Golden Goose Award for the scientific success and global impact of cisplatin. MSU College of Natural Science Dean, Eric L. Hegg (center) is joined by Doug Gage (left), MSU vice president for research and innovation, and Thomas Jeitschko (right), MSU associate provost and dean for graduate education.
September 19, 2025
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MSU receives Golden Goose Award for the global impact of cisplatin, the gold standard of cancer-fighting chemotherapy treatments.
hands holding cellphone
September 16, 2025
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Wiggling atoms in new quantum materials could lead to more efficient electronics that are smaller and faster.
image of 3I Atlas in May 2025
September 16, 2025
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The earliest images of 3I/ATLAS, newly uncovered by Michigan State University, reveal how the interstellar object evolved.
diagram shows trajectory of interstellar comet 3iatlas as it passes through the solar system
July 11, 2025
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Astronomers at Michigan State University turned their telescopes to capture data on the new celestial sighting.    
Molecules with a microscope
June 10, 2025
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A team of researchers at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) discovered that cobalt-70 isotopes form different nuclear shapes when their energy levels differ only slightly. 
PeVatron candidate we studied with a green circle that highlights the pulsar wind nebula we discovered that is associated with this PeVatron
June 9, 2025
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Shuo Zhang and her group led two studies that shed new light on where cosmic rays might have come from.
Photo of the asteroid Vesta
April 28, 2025
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Michigan State University has contributed to research revealing Vesta's interior structure is more uniform than previously thought.
Christoph Adami sits for a formal portrait. He's wearing a black jacket and shirt. The background behind him is dark gray. He is smiling.
April 4, 2025
Adami is being recognized for significant contributions across multiple scientific fields including evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence.
Portraits of four MSU faculty
March 28, 2025
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“This year’s class of fellows are the embodiment of scientific excellence and service to our communities,” said Sudip Parikh, AAAS chief executive officer and executive publisher of the Science family of journals
Goldwater scholarship winners
March 28, 2025
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Three Michigan State University College of Natural Science  students have earned the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.
An artist’s conception of the exoplanet K2-33b, a 10 Myr Jupiter-sized planet, transiting in front of its active host star. This system is comparable to those which will be observed by the KRONOS collaboration.  Photo credit: NASA/JPL-CalTech
March 5, 2025
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A new collaboration among Michigan State University, Arizona State University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will seek to answer how planets are formed with the help of a powerful telescope and high-performance computers.  
A woman smiles with her arms crossed in front in an observatory telescope room.
February 12, 2025
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Laura Chomiuk received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, or PECASE, the highest honor given to scientists by the U.S. government early in their careers.
Three oxygen sensors prior to burial in the sediment of the stream bed to monitor dissolved oxygen dynamics continuously over 1.5 years at depths of 10 cm, 20 cm and 35 cm below the East River.
January 23, 2025
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Michigan State University professor is committed to solving one of Earth’s most pressing problems — access to clean water — through applied physics.
Detailed close up showing quantum computer mechanical parts.
January 22, 2025
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Johannes Pollanen didn’t set out to become an entrepreneur. Originally a physicist studying superfluids, Pollanen first turned his attention to quantum computing over a decade ago at Caltech. Building a marketable quantum computer wasn’t on his radar.