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February 27, 2025
If evidence seized in a warrantless drug raid is critical to a case, “that would be a serious Fourth Amendment violation that would result in reversal on appeal,” said Eve Brensike Primus, professor of law. “We want police to go to a magistrate or judge to get a warrant before they search a home because homes are so private, and we want a judicial check on the police officer’s determination of probable cause beforehand.”
The New York Times -
February 26, 2025
“I think getting clean water, and access to clean water, has been a big problem for a long time. But we just keep making these types of steps and leaps, and one day we’ll have a good solution to the problem,” said Jovan Kamcev, assistant professor of chemical engineering and macromolecular science and engineering, who helped develop technology that removes boron from seawater without using costly chemicals.
Concentrate -
February 26, 2025
Women can safely skip the unpleasant speculum-based exam for HPV screening and instead test for the virus themselves using a swab, says Diane Harper, professor of family medicine and of obstetrics and gynecology: “We should try to make (the test) a more comfortable experience. … The swabs cannot replace having a conversation with your doctor. However, (they) can save the vast majority of women from getting unnecessary speculum tests.”
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February 26, 2025
“If you look around, there’s so much diversity in life, and that all these things come from a common ancestor seems really surprising to me. Why is evolution so seemingly creative? It seems like maybe that ability is something that evolved itself,” said Luis Zaman, assistant professor of complex systems and of ecology and evolutionary biology, whose research suggests that evolution itself evolves.
Live Science -
February 25, 2025
“Some consequences of the fear of deportation and anti-immigrant hostility are easy to see, like when children miss school. Others — delaying doctor’s appointments, going hungry instead of going to the food bank, tolerating abuse instead of seeking help — are harder to observe, and their negative effects may not be evident for years,” said Kristina Fullerton Rico, postdoctoral fellow at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy’s Center for Racial Justice.
The Conversation -
February 25, 2025
“That’s the most important thing about VR and AR simulations — it makes the impossible possible. … Having a simulation like this allows them unlimited deliberate practice, which is very important when you’re trying to improve technical skills in dentistry,” said Hera Kim-Berman, clinical professor of dentistry, about the virtual reality modules used by U-M dental students to practice giving injections.
Crain's Detroit Business -
February 25, 2025
Hundreds of American artists are calling on the National Endowment for the Arts to roll back restrictions on grants that promote diversity or gender ideology. “In some ways this just feels like déjà vu all over again. These funding restrictions are a good barometer for who is the easy punching bag in American culture at the moment,” said Holly Hughes, professor of theatre, and art and design, and one of the so-called “NEA Four” denied funding because of concern from conservative critics in 1990.
The New York Times -
February 24, 2025
“In a world where there is danger at every turn, which is what our ancestors evolved under, anxiety was always adaptive. Rarely did anxiety cause you to ruminate and worry about things that weren’t actually going to kill you. … So, keeping that in mind might help you feel a little better about your own anxiety,” said Jacinta Beehner, professor of psychology and anthropology.
WEMU Radio -
February 24, 2025
“Federal investment in American research and open scientific dialogue have been the lifeblood of medical breakthroughs,” co-wrote Alexander Rabin, clinical associate professor of internal medicine. “The recent barrage of administrative decrees will only serve to demoralize health workers, stifle innovation, compromise clinical trials, delay the development of new treatments and harm our patients.”
The New York Times -
February 24, 2025
“Teens are susceptible to feeling insecure about their appearance when compared to digitally altered pictures depicting an appearance that is probably unattainable naturally,” said Susan Woolford, associate professor of pediatrics and public health and co-director of the National Poll on Children’s Health, which found that teens, increasingly, are getting nonsurgical cosmetic procedures.
Fortune
