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Publish Date: Aug. 13, 2008 | Multimedia: 
A Michigan State University researcher and his students have developed a nanomaterial that makes plastic stiffer, lighter and stronger and could result in more fuel-efficient airplanes and cars as well as more durable medical and sports equipment.
Publish Date: July 31, 2008 | Multimedia: 
Michigan State University sports medicine physician Larry Nassar will be on the sidelines as team physician for the U.S. men’s and women’s gymnastics teams at the Olympics in Beijing this summer when this year’s teams are on the floor.
Publish Date: July 17, 2008 | Multimedia:
The university’s world-famous turf team has been contracted to help China build a portable athletic turf in the new Beijing National Stadium, aka the Bird’s Nest. The turf will support the Olympics’ main track and field competitions and the gold medal soccer match, as well as future events.
Publish Date: July 16, 2008 | Multimedia:
Michigan State continues its rich tradition in China with a host of research, education and economic-development initiatives. Among them: a joint project with China to build a portable athletic field for the 2008 Beijing Olympics; a new online game by an MSU scientist for teaching Chinese culture and language; and cutting-edge research that aims to protect China’s—and ultimately the world’s—habitats.
Publish Date: July 15, 2008 | Multimedia:
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin and Michigan State University President Lou Anna K. Simon joined today with business, labor and economic development leaders to announce a united Michigan campaign to help MSU win a national competition for the $550 million Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Publish Date: July 01, 2008 | Multimedia:
It's the online game with an odd name—"Zon/New Chengo"—and an ambitious mission: Provide folks around the world with a fun yet educational way to learn about China.
Publish Date: June 24, 2008 | Multimedia:
As China's global influence continues to grow, a Michigan State University scholar has created the first online video game for teaching Chinese culture and language.
Publish Date: June 24, 2008 | Multimedia:
When General Patton's Third United States Army liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp on April 11, 1945, American soldiers and visitors were astonished to find 904 children and youth—all boys in a men's camp—among the 21,000 surviving prisoners.
Publish Date: June 23, 2008 | Multimedia:
Eight years after Michigan State University’s Agriculture Hall burned in a New Year’s Eve attack, four people have been arrested, the MSU police, U.S. Attorney and FBI announced.
Publish Date: March 11, 2008 | Multimedia:
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