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December 5, 2023
“It’s the story of the other main drivers of population declines in the world, not just for wolverines, but for everything. That’s habitat modification, trapping and human use, basically,” said Brian C. Weeks, assistant professor of environment and sustainability, on the official listing of the wolverine as an endangered species in the United States.
MLive -
December 5, 2023
Since the Reagan administration, courts’ interpretations of laws regulating competition have been dominated by the consumer-welfare standard, which holds that corporate consolidation is acceptable — even a good thing — when it leads to lower prices. “If powerful people are doing something, it must be because it’s productively efficient, and therefore, it’s growing the pie for everyone,” said Sanjukta Paul, professor of law.
The New York Times Magazine -
December 5, 2023
While electric propulsion and the use of batteries as the main energy storage medium in boats is not new, technological constraints may be slowing down the electrification of boats, says Timothy McCoy, clinical professor of naval architecture and marine engineering: “Mainly, it is the energy density of the batteries. This is the same issue that the auto industry is struggling with presently.”
CNN -
December 4, 2023
It’s a film that speaks “to anxieties and worries about Palestinian sexuality, the nuclear family, intimacy and the literal reproduction of Palestinian society,” said Umayyah Cable, assistant professor of American culture and of film, television and media, about “Bonboné,” a short film that depicts Palestinian life under occupation.
Vox -
December 4, 2023
“Many of the white residents … spoke about Black people and Latinx kids as sort of guests in their space, not as legitimate members of their community,” said Karyn Lacy, professor of sociology, who in her research has witnessed the tension in suburban communities as they grow in diversity.
Education Week -
December 4, 2023
People are accustomed to seeing the body-mass index as the “be-all, end-all” of health indicators, “but that’s increasingly not the way it’s being used in clinical practice,” said Kate Bauer, associate professor of nutritional sciences. “More and more clinicians are realizing that there are people who can be quite healthy with a high BMI.”
The Atlantic -
December 1, 2023
“Our theory shows that you can grow defect-free materials quickly, if you periodically dissolve the defects away during growth,” said Wenhao Sun, professor of materials science and engineering, who, along with MSE researcher Brian Puchala and others, discovered a new approach for engineering and creating crystalline materials, widely used in semiconductors, solar panels, batteries and other tech.
Forbes -
December 1, 2023
U-M’s ZEUS laser system is the most powerful laser in the U.S., but other high-powered lasers at facilities around the world are close behind, says Karl Krushelnick, professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences and director of the Gérard Mourou Center for ultrafast optical science. The field as a whole “is really growing. People are pushing the technology and looking for interesting science.”
BBC -
December 1, 2023
“Your lungs do their best to break things down and clear them away, but it’s shocking how much material the body can’t get rid of,” said MeiLan Han, professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine, who recommends wearing an N95 mask when cleaning a dusty space, spray-painting, using strong chemical cleaners or going outside when air quality is poor.
The Washington Post -
November 30, 2023
“The development of women’s soccer today is very similar to the development of men’s soccer in the first half of the 20th century,” said Stefan Szymanski, professor of sport management. “In recent years they are reaching where men arrived in the 1960s. Just like that, men’s soccer has improved in the same way I believe that women’s soccer will reach that level in the future.”
Los Angeles Times
