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- 054 - NatSci News Rewind - December 2023
In the fifty fourth episode of NatSci News Rewind, we take a look back at the Top 5 news stories from December 2023. (Length:1:53)
Stories covered:
- Increasing sorghum's biomass by manipulating the cell wall
- NatSci investiture ceremony honors two outstanding faculty members
- 'Friendly' hyenas are more likely to form mobs
- Michigan State University senior named Marshall Scholar
- MSU researchers are helping shape the future of particle physics
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2 min - 053 - NatSci News Rewind - November 2023
In episode 53 of the NatSci News Rewind Podcast, we take a look back at the Top 5 research news stories from November 2023 for the College of Natural Science at Michigan State University. (Length:2:24)
Stories covered:
- Fungi's survival secrets
- Dvorak to step down from the KBS Director' Advisory Board after decades of making a difference
- Getting to the root of visceral pain
- "Seun" Ogunwobi selected as fellow of two prestigious academies
- Plants' secret to surviving shorter days
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3 min - 052 - NatSci News Rewind - October 2023
In the fifty second episode of NatSci News Rewind, we take a look back at the Top 5 news stories from October 2023. (Length:3:38)
Stories covered:
- MSU unveils tools, techniques that can inform conservation efforts for data-poor species
- Making STEM more accessible through blended courses: MSU's EDLI awarded National Science Foundation grant
- Wired in: Simulating how electrons move through nanowires
- NatSci researchers receive prestigious American Society for Microbiology awards
- MTRAC Award supports NatSci researcher's work to transform $165 billion pulp and paper industry
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4 min - 051 - NatSci News Rewind - September 2023
In the fifty first episode of NatSci News Rewind, we take a look back at the Top 5 news stories from September 2023. (Length:3:14)
Stories covered:
- James McCusker receives prestigious Josef Michl American Chemical Society Award in Photochemistry
- Dohun Pyeon receives MSU Research Foundation grant for novel cancer research
- MSU researchers discover link between cholesterol and diabetic retinopathy
- Foodborne illness is spreading antibiotic resistance
- $1.1M alumni gift to support student development in sustainability, environmental studies as part of RISE program
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4 min - 050 - NatSci News Rewind - August 2023
In the fiftieth episode of NatSci News Rewind, we take a look back at the Top 5 news stories from August 2023. (Length:2:59)
Stories covered:
- Ask the expert: Don't miss the Perseid meteor shower
- Researchers reveal biological pathway that could be targeted to breed more resilient crops
- MSU research suggests natural selection could slow evolution
- Spartans help make a surprising discovery about the sun
- Irrigating more U.S. crops by mid-century will be worth the investment
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3 min - 049 - NatSci News Rewind - July 2023
In the forty ninth episode of NatSci News Rewind, we take a look back at the Top 5 news stories from July 2023. (Length:2:57)
Stories covered:
- Don't bank on seed banks to save the grasslands
- Good vibrations: MSU physicists help bolster quantum computing
- For birds, earlier springtime means fewer young
- MSU researchers receive NSF grant to study mathematical sensemaking in science
- MSU plant and education researchers team up to transform high school STEM education
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3 min - 048 - NatSci News Rewind - June 2023
In the forty eigth episode of NatSci News Rewind, we take a look back at the Top 5 news stories from June 2023. (Length:3:14)
Stories covered:
- Unlocking solar-powered secrets: DOE renews grant for photosynthesis research at MSU
- Radical new chemistry from MSU
- MSU's Brian Gulbransen awarded distinguished lectureship
- MSU biochemist receives $2.8 million NIH grant for epigenetic research on autism spectrum disorder
- Spartans join indigenous forest protectors on XPRIZE Rainforest biodiversity quest
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4 min - 047 - NatSci News Rewind - May 2023
In the forty seventh episode of NatSci News Rewind, we take a look back at the Top 5 news stories from May 2023. (Length:3:03)
Stories covered:
- Prominent cancer researcher joins MSU to lead biochemistry and molecular biology department, establish Center for Cancer Health Equity Research
- MSU’s Janette Boughman selected as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar
- Former NatSci Ph.D. student earns prestigious NASA Fellowship
- MSU and Audubon team up to protect the black tern
- Three NatSci researchers earn prestigious NSF Early CAREER Awards
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4 min - 046 - NatSci News Rewind - April 2023
In the forty sixth episode of NatSci News Rewind, we take a look back at the Top 5 news stories from April 2023. (Length:3:06)
Stories covered:
- Twelve MSU NatSci students, alumni named NSF Graduate Research Fellows
- MSU helps confirm success of NASA's first planetary defense mission, trains future astronomers
- Ask the expert: Why is seeing the piezoelectric effect in liquids for the first time a big deal?
- Shocking implications of electric fishes' tailless sperm
- Spartan scientists help agriculture adapt to a changing planet
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4 min - 045 - NatSci News Rewind - March 2023
In the forty fifth episode of NatSci News Rewind, we take a look back at the Top 5 news stories from March 2023. (Length:3:06)
Stories covered:
- Investiture ceremony honors MSU's Sean Crosson as a Rudolph Hugh Endowed Chair
- Going up: Discovering a protein's 'elevator' motion could spur new cancer treatments
- Guowei Wei inducted into prestigious AIMBE College of Fellows
- MSU study reveals inequity in journal peer review
- MSU is taking the world's fastest supercomputer to the final frontier
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