research & development

Michigan State University laboratories and other labs studying crop resilience and food security across the country are no longer receiving federal funding. They have also been ordered to stop working after the dismantling of USAID by the Trump administration over the past month.

Michigan will be creating new programs to help with business start-ups and research and development under bills signed into law Monday.

Research and Development funding may be $7 billion less than expected if a current federal budget proposal gets passed. Michigan's research universities rely on federal grant money.

On today's show, we talked football as the Michigan Wolverines head to the College playoffs. Then, two researchers who are discovering ways to repurpose PVC plastics joined us. Plus, we heard from a Michigan photographer who dreams of capturing Lake Michigan at its gnarliest. We ended with an update on why recounts are beginning on two stateside ballot proposals.

Michigan fares well in a new study of science and math investment in the USA. But the state’s future may not be as clear.The National Science Foundation…