Spartans Making a Difference features annotated versions of recently published articles by MSU faculty, specialists, and students. These appear in our biweekly email updates.
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Spartans Making A Difference: Fruit trees, sewer bots, and solar farms
This week's articles by MSU faculty, specialists and students making a difference feature AI-powered orchard mapping, soft robotics for pipe inspection, and sustainable solar development.
Spartans Making A Difference: Flushing out COVID, tech, and tide charts
This week's articles by MSU faculty, specialists and students making a difference feature virus tracking in wastewater, COVID-19 testing, AI forecasting, and U.S. ocean sampling.
Spartans Making A Difference: Microbes, machines, and the future of your food
This week’s articles by MSU faculty, specialists and students making a difference feature foodborne pathogen behavior and precision agriculture tools that detect crop disease risks.
Spartans Making A Difference: From farmland to faucet
This week’s articles by MSU faculty, specialists and students making a difference feature the food-energy-water nexus, freshwater fish distributions, greenhouse gas emissions, and PFAS.
Spartans Making A Difference: Sea pests, smart tanks, and digital defense
This week’s articles by MSU faculty, specialists and students making a difference feature juvenile sea lamprey, aquaculture, and an Internet of Things-based disease forecaster.
Spartans Making A Difference: Disappearing beaches and phosphorus overload
This week’s articles by MSU faculty, specialists, and students making a difference feature beach erosion and phosphorus fertilizer overapplication among Michigan corn farmers.