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March 13, 2023
“This means that the water in our solar system was formed long before the sun, planets and comets formed,” said Merel van ‘t Hoff, postdoctoral fellow in astronomy, who was part of a research team that detected gaseous water in the planet-forming disc around a distant star that can be traced from star-forming gas clouds to planets such as our own.
Daily Mail (U.K.) -
March 10, 2023
“It’s spas, anti-aging creams, cosmetic procedures, gyms, all of that, and it’s really quite a brilliant campaign,” said Susan Douglas, professor of communication and media. “They are now marketing Botox to people in their 20s, and if you get people to be phobic about aging when they’re young, you have an ever-replenishing market for your products.”
Los Angeles Times -
March 10, 2023
“There’s this argument that the more physical activity you do, the more it takes away from seated instruction. But I would argue just because students are sitting there quietly does not necessarily mean that they’re actually paying attention and learning. Physical activity … is associated with improved standardized testing, improved academic achievements,” said Rebecca Hasson, associate professor of kinesiology and nutritional sciences.
EducationWeek -
March 10, 2023
Allen Burton, professor of environment and sustainability, says it will likely take several years for East Palestine, Ohio, to recover from a recent chemical spill: “The reality is we’re not going to get rid of all of this contamination. This has soaked into the ground and into the streams. … They really need to be sampling the sediments to see if those compounds are continuing to leach out from under the surface waters.”
ABC News -
March 9, 2023
Regarding the use of autonomous underwater vehicles in warfare Maani Ghaffari, assistant professor of naval architecture and marine engineering, says, “One idea is that (when) you pass the battle to these robots instead of soldiers, less people might die, but … when artificial intelligence can make decisions faster … and act faster than humans, that might increase the amount of damage that they can cause.”
CNBC -
March 9, 2023
Jessica Mellinger, assistant professor of gastroenterology and hepatology, says a lot of alcohol marketing is trying to appeal to women: “Drinking is being described more in sort of women-friendly terms. You see ads that are very keyed towards girls hanging out with other girls, hanging out with your friends. … You see it described as ‘mommy juice.’”
Michigan Radio -
March 9, 2023
“There’s really a global race for increasing the performance of these batteries,” said Neil Dasgupta, associate professor of mechanical engineering, and of materials science and engineering, who is helping to develop new battery designs that allow ions to flow faster or enable fast charging in the cold.
The Associated Press -
March 8, 2023
The Centers for Disease Control has issued a health alert for a rise in intestinal infections caused by a drug-resistant strain of shigella. George Garcia, professor of pharmacy, says labs like his are looking into treatments that block a pathogen’s ability to infect instead of targeting the pathogen itself — targeting what are called “virulence factors,” which would place less pressure on bacteria to become antibiotic-resistant.
The Hill -
March 8, 2023
Despite social media exaggerations, insurance company payments to physicians to administer vaccines are common, says Tom Buchmueller, professor of business economics and public policy, and health management and policy: “I think a key point is that these incentives apply to vaccines that are widely understood to be very beneficial, which means that a greater vaccination rate indicates higher quality of care.”
The Associated Press -
March 8, 2023
“Our current media environment seems to have made more space for certain types of issues to be disclosed without the concerns about backlash that existed in prior eras,” said Sonya Dal Cin, professor of communication and media. “Fifty years ago, celebrities may not have disclosed certain things about themselves because they or their team were concerned that it would adversely affect them in terms of their career, and that seems to be less of a concern now.”
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