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- Open-source patient model tops industry standard https://news.umich.edu/open-source-patient-model-tops-industry-standard/ 15 comments
- Number of Earth’s tree species estimated to be 14% higher than currently known https://news.umich.edu/number-of-earths-tree-species-estimated-to-be-14-higher-than-currently-known-with-some-9200-species-yet-to-be-discovered/ 17 comments
- 1k-cycle lithium-sulfur battery could increase electric vehicle ranges https://news.umich.edu/1000-cycle-lithium-sulfur-battery-could-quintuple-electric-vehicle-ranges/ 192 comments
- Human-robot teams work better when there’s an emotional connection https://news.umich.edu/humans-robot-teams-work-better-when-theres-an-emotional-connection/ 5 comments
- Vast DNA tree of life for flowering plants revealed by global science team. Scientists use 1.8 billion letters of genetic code to build groundbreaking tree of life. The most up-to-date understanding of the flowering plant tree of life is presented in a new study published today in the journal Nature https://news.umich.edu/vast-dna-tree-of-life-for-flowering-plants-revealed-by-global-science-team/ 6 comments science
- If a person has a high-quality, late-life environment, it can mitigate the negative impact caused by early-life stressors, a new University of Michigan study shows. Researchers determined this human outcome after analyzing data from more than 1,000 wild red squirrels in Canada. https://news.umich.edu/squirrels-benefit-late-in-life-from-a-food-boom-negating-early-life-adversity/ 40 comments science
- Same-sex sexual behavior does not result in offspring, and evolutionary biologists have wondered how genes associated with this behavior persisted. A new study revealed that male heterosexuals who carry genes associated with bisexual behavior father more children and are more likely risk-takers. https://news.umich.edu/genetic-variants-underlying-male-bisexual-behavior-risk-taking-linked-to-more-children-study-shows/ 1110 comments science
- Social engagement, critical awareness promote young people’s life satisfaction and academic success https://news.umich.edu/social-engagement-critical-awareness-promote-young-peoples-life-satisfaction-academic-success/ 2 comments upliftingnews
- Analysis challenges U.S. Postal Service electric vehicle environmental study. An all-electric fleet would reduce lifetime greenhouse gas emissions by 14.7 to 21.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents when compared to the ICEV scenario. The USPS estimate was 10.3 million metric tons. https://news.umich.edu/u-m-analysis-challenges-u-s-postal-service-electric-vehicle-environmental-study/ 624 comments science
- A hormone (neuregulin 4 ) secreted by fat cells can restrain the growth of liver tumors in mice affected by NASH (nonalcoholic fatty liver disease) https://news.umich.edu/researchers-identify-hormone-from-fat-cells-that-restrains-tumor-growth-in-mice/ 3 comments science
- Local renewable energy employment can fully replace U.S. coal jobs nationwide: study concludes that local wind and solar jobs can fill the electricity generation and employment gap, even if it’s required that all the new jobs are located within 50 miles of each retiring coal plant https://news.umich.edu/u-m-study-local-renewable-energy-employment-can-fully-replace-u-s-coal-jobs-nationwide/ 2 comments environment
- People with a parent with a history of alcohol problems are at greater risk for showing signs of addiction to highly processed foods, study shows https://news.umich.edu/feeling-addicted-to-food-your-parents-drinking-habits-may-impact-your-risk/ 56 comments science
- The majority of 18-year-olds with severe substance use disorder symptoms still had multiple substance use disorder symptoms as adults, study finds https://news.umich.edu/majority-of-adolescents-with-severe-substance-use-disorder-dont-grow-out-of-it/ 38 comments science
- People’s personal experiences with nature may work better than dire warnings to motivate environmental action. Interaction with local species in science classes and outdoor experiences may build lifelong awareness, concern and actions for the environment https://news.umich.edu/environmental-actions-are-motivated-by-personal-experiences/ 155 comments science
- Parents depressed by pandemic had negative impact on kids’ education, well-being https://news.umich.edu/parents-depressed-by-pandemic-had-negative-impact-on-kids-education-well-being/ 14 comments science
- New research reveals how one antibody blocks dangerous effects of dengue virus infection by neutralizing a viral protein that circulates in blood and is central to the virus’s pathogenicity. This opens the potential for developing treatments and designing a vaccine for dengue and similar diseases. https://news.umich.edu/new-research-reveals-how-one-antibody-blocks-dangerous-effects-of-dengue-virus-infection-offering-a-potential-path-to-prevention/ 3 comments science
- ‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the world’s democracies https://news.umich.edu/extremely-aggressive-internet-censorship-spreads-in-the-worlds-democracies/ 37 comments worldnews
- Transparent solar panels for windows hit new efficiency record – Could help enable skyscrapers to serve as Power sources https://news.umich.edu/transparent-solar-panels-for-windows-hit-record-8-efficiency/ 28 comments technology
- U-M leads $62M ‘largest radio telescope in space’ to improve solar storm warnings https://news.umich.edu/u-m-leads-62m-largest-radio-telescope-in-space-to-improve-solar-storm-warnings/ 3 comments space
- A hypothetical particle called the axion could solve one of physics’ great mysteries: the excess of matter over antimatter, or why we’re here at all. https://news.umich.edu/the-axion-solves-three-mysteries-of-the-universe/ 6 comments science
- Love matters: How parents’ love shapes children’s lives. New study shows that when spouses love each other, children stay in school longer and marry later in life. https://news.umich.edu/love-matters-how-parents-love-shapes-childrens-lives/ 91 comments science
- Open water in wintertime Arctic is changing its atmosphere. Summertime Arctic sea ice cover is the second lowest on record, according to the Arctic report card 2019, produced by the National Snow and Ice Data Center, continuing its rapid decline over the past several decades https://news.umich.edu/open-water-in-wintertime-arctic-is-changing-its-atmosphere/ 3 comments science
- North American migratory birds have been getting smaller over the past four decades, and their wings have gotten a bit longer. Both changes appear to be responses to a warming climate. https://news.umich.edu/migratory-birds-shrinking-as-climate-warms-new-analysis-of-four-decade-record-shows/ 2 comments science
- Of the drugs in development, 90% don’t dissolve well or at all in the body. Chemists suggest that unstable metal organic frameworks(MOF) may work as as a system for drug delivery. The compound itself crosses into the bloodstream, while the unstable MOF decomposes in the body. https://news.umich.edu/just-add-water-u-m-chemists-suggest-a-fix-for-insoluble-drugs/ 3 comments science
- A new 3D structure for growing cancer cell cultures could allow doctors to test medications on model tumors they grow from a patient’s own cells, researchers report. https://news.umich.edu/patient-cancer-cells-reliably-grow-on-new-3d-scaffold-showing-promise-for-precision-medicine/ 3 comments science
- Tearing down abandoned houses and buildings in Detroit’s most blight-stricken neighborhoods, in the name of public safety and quality of life, is associated with 11% drop in homicides and serious injuries caused by firearms in areas where demolitions took place, without an increase in nearby areas. http://news.umich.edu/blight-busting-demolitions-reduced-gun-injuries-deaths-in-detroit-neighborhoods/ 952 comments science
- ‘Digital alchemy’ to reverse-engineer new materials. In work that upends materials design, researchers have demonstrated with computer simulations that they can design a crystal and work backward to the particle shape that will self-assemble to create it. https://news.umich.edu/digital-alchemy-to-reverse-engineer-new-materials/ 4 comments science
- A new chip called MORPHEUS blocks potential hacking attacks by encrypting and randomly reshuffling key bits of its own code and data 20 times per second. This is infinitely faster than a human hacker can work and thousands of times faster than even the fastest electronic hacking techniques. https://news.umich.edu/unhackable-new-chip-stops-attacks-before-they-start/ 1004 comments science
- HPV rates for women under 40 increasing, putting them at higher risk of related cancers, study shows https://news.umich.edu/hpv-rates-for-women-under-40-increasing-putting-them-at-higher-risk-of-related-cancers-study-shows/ 8 comments science
- Negative media portrayals of Muslim Americans can have adverse effects on how they view themselves as citizens and their trust in the U.S. government. https://news.umich.edu/some-us-muslims-identify-less-as-americans-due-to-negative-media-coverage/ 12 comments science
- Anxious teens gain confidence by performing ‘off script’: Improvisational theater training can reduce fearfulness and anxiety among teens struggling with social interactions, a new study suggests, and may be effective for social phobias and anxiety disorders. https://news.umich.edu/anxious-teens-gain-confidence-by-performing-off-script/ 938 comments science
- One of the biggest modern parenting challenges is monitoring a child’s online activity, but a new study has found that parents actually spend more time talking with their kids about the mechanics of using their mobile devices than about what their kids watch and download on those devices. https://news.umich.edu/parents-kids-spend-more-time-discussing-how-to-use-mobile-technology-than-talking-about-content/ 7 comments science
- Physicist cracks code on material that works as both conductor, insulator - journal Science https://news.umich.edu/the-swing-doctors-u-m-physicist-cracks-code-on-material-that-works-as-both-conductor-insulator/ 4 comments science
- A record number of Americans watched the 2017 solar eclipse—and sought science afterward, finds a new study. https://news.umich.edu/a-record-number-of-americans-watched-the-2017-solar-eclipse-and-sought-science-afterward/ 5 comments space
- Battery breakthrough: Doubling performance with lithium metal that doesn’t catch fire https://news.umich.edu/battery-breakthrough-doubling-performance-with-lithium-metal-that-doesnt-catch-fire/ 4 comments technology
- Nearly half of all men in a new study about intimate partner violence in male couples report being victims of abuse. 46 % of the 320 men (160 couples) in the study reported experiencing some form of intimate partner violence in the last year—physical and sexual violence, emotional abuse https://news.umich.edu/male-couples-report-as-much-domestic-violence-as-straight-couples/ 218 comments science
- Prescription drug monitoring programs in Kentucky, New Mexico, Tennessee, and New York have significantly reduced opioid dosages and the number of opioid fills, according to a new study. https://news.umich.edu/state-opioid-monitoring-programs-not-all-created-equal/ 3 comments science
- Few early parent education programs available to help dads - Books and programs are available to help new moms before and after their child is born, but the same can’t be said for fathers, a new study found. Despite benefits of father involvement, few perinatal parent programs have included dads. https://news.umich.edu/few-early-parent-education-programs-available-to-help-dads/ 25 comments science
- A new, stable artificial photosynthesis device doubles the efficiency of harnessing sunlight to break apart both fresh and salt water, generating hydrogen that can then be used in fuel cells. The device could also be reconfigured to turn carbon dioxide back into fuel. https://news.umich.edu/harvesting-clean-hydrogen-fuel-through-artificial-photosynthesis/ 29 comments science
- Light could make semiconductor computers a million times faster or even go quantum https://news.umich.edu/light-could-make-semiconductor-computers-a-million-times-faster-or-even-go-quantum/ 6 comments science