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January 10, 2025
An understanding of how the moon’s temperatures fluctuate in different places will be crucial for future exploration, says John Monnier, professor of astronomy: “If we want to have a permanent settlement on the moon, like a base, or we want to have scientific instruments, we have to know the temperature and how it varies so we can make things that will last.”
Live Science -
January 10, 2025
“Drivers perform many different services in terms of customer service, like answering questions, responding to incidents, or offering help if somebody has a health crisis. There are many different social functions of having paid staff on the bus that contribute to the success of transit,” said Robert Goodspeed, associate professor of urban and regional planning, on the advantages of traditional public transport vs. autonomous personal rapid transit.
Bloomberg -
January 10, 2025
“Neighborhood green spaces may draw children out of the house and give them an alternative space to engage in activities other than screen time,” said Ian Lang, research project manager at the School of Kinesiology, whose research shows that community programs aimed at reducing screen time work more effectively when kids have access to spaces such as parks, forests and lawns.
Earth.com -
January 9, 2025
“Our approach to exercise and healthy eating is so dogmatic and based on all-or-nothing thinking. Yet when we step out of those two behaviors and we go into our parenting lives and our professional lives and our partnering lives, we don’t expect perfection, right?” said Michelle Segar, associate research scientist at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender.
The Grio -
January 9, 2025
“The same types of processes that result in volcanic eruptions are processes that form gold deposits,” said Adam Simon, professor of earth and environmental sciences, whose research confirms that sulfur forms strong chemical bonds with gold, allowing it to be transported up to the surface.
The Washington Post -
January 9, 2025
“The hue and cry over the minimum wage is often disproportionate to the actual economic impact — in terms of how the economy broadly is impacted. Firms offset (minimum wage increases) with new revenues, but workers get substantially larger incomes,” said Nirupama Rao, assistant professor of business economics and public policy.
CNN -
January 8, 2025
“We’ve shown conclusively that COVID-19 infections are less severe and less frequent after infection or vaccination. That is why you see hospitalizations and deaths decreasing so dramatically,” said Emily Toth Martin, professor of epidemiology. But Adam Lauring, professor of microbiology and immunology and of ecology and evolutionary biology, cautions that the virus has not gone away and continues to mutate: “The virus is still out there. People still need to be aware.”
Bridge Michigan -
January 8, 2025
Drug use among teens has continued to drop since the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Richard Miech, research professor at the Institute for Social Research: “It’s hard to know if we’re seeing the start of something, or not. … (But) the pandemic stopped the cycle of new kids coming in and being recruited to drug use.”
Voice of America -
January 8, 2025
“The economy is the strongest economy compared to its peers globally and compared to itself in the 21st century. … Prime-age labor force participation and employment is quite close to its all-time high, inflation is down, asset prices are up, inflation-adjusted wages are up. … It’s tragically underrated because (Americans’) dislike of this strong economy risks the strong economy,” said Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy and economics.
Marketplace -
December 16, 2024
“This is the fifth-best solution, but solutions one through four are not viable for a variety of different reasons. Five is feasible. So, let’s do it,” said Johanna Mathieu, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, who is helping the city of Ann Arbor create a sustainable energy utility, which may not be the most technically elegant model for energy infrastructure, but is the city’s best bet for quickly ramping up clean energy generation.
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