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November 19, 2020
New research by cardiologist Yogendra Kanthi and rheumatologist Yu Zuo, both assistant professors of internal medicine, shows that the novel coronavirus can trigger the production of clot-causing autoantibodies — which may explain the high rate of blood clots among COVID-19 patients. “Antibodies from patients with active COVID-19 infection created … some of the worst clotting we’ve ever seen,” Kanthi said.
Medical News Today -
November 19, 2020
Sinking fish carcasses carry toxic mercury pollution from the surface waters to the most remote parts of the ocean, according to research by Joel Blum, professor of earth and environmental sciences, and chemistry: “It was widely thought that anthropogenic mercury was mainly restricted to the upper 1,000 meters of the oceans, but we found that while some of the mercury in these deep-sea trenches has a natural origin, it is likely that most of it comes from human activity.”
Earth.com -
November 19, 2020
“If you had asked me a month ago, ‘Who are the other Black microbiologists?’ I would have had one, maybe two people that I would have known offhand. I know at least 30 very well, and about 100 more,” said Ariangela Kozik, research fellow in internal medicine, on concerted efforts on social media to raise the profile of Black scientists. “It kind of solidifies the fact that we are not out here on our own.”
The Scientist -
November 18, 2020
Research led by Sang Gune Yoo, a resident in internal medicine, found that patients who used cannabis and underwent angioplasty to clear blocked arteries were more likely to experience stroke and bleeding after the procedure than those who didn’t use pot, and that marijuana smokers who had survived a heart attack were more likely to have a subsequent heart attack.
NBC News -
November 18, 2020
“This action is based on sound scientific evidence that the continued operation of the pipelines poses an unacceptable level of risk to the health and safety of residents of Michigan,” said David Schwab, a retired hydrodynamicist formerly with the U-M Water Center and Graham Sustainability Institute, on a lawsuit filed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to shut down Enbridge Energy’s dual pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac.
The Detroit News -
November 18, 2020
“One of the things that we’re seeing is that when people leave the mainstream platforms, there aren’t as many folks to fight with. So then they’re just in their echo chambers … but if your point was to own (humiliate) the liberals or to show how right you are, if nobody else is disagreeing with you, then it’s not going to be that useful,” said Libby Hemphill, associate professor of information, on conservative-leaning social media users moving to Parler.
CBC Radio -
November 17, 2020
Comments by Carolyn Kuranz, associate professor of climate and space sciences and engineering, and nuclear engineering and radiological sciences, were featured in a story about the creation of a supernova-style shock wave in a lab using the world’s highest-energy lasers — a development that could help resolve mysteries of the universe, such as the origins of cosmic magnetic fields.
Science News -
November 17, 2020
Research by Vineet Chopra and Hallie Prescott, associate professors of internal medicine, found that nearly 40 percent of recovered COVID-19 patients had not assumed normal activities two months after leaving the hospital and a third had ongoing COVID-like symptoms. “The sheer number of people struggling after COVID-19 brings new urgency to developing programs to better promote and support recovery after an acute illness,” Prescott said.
Indo-Asian News Service -
November 17, 2020
“From providing the physical labor that plowed plantations, hammered steel or kept the lines moving, to enduring the exploitation that steers capitalism, Blackness has — and continues to — build America. And now, those same Black communities saved the democracy designed to disenfranchise them from the clutches of tyranny, all while battling a pandemic that is disproportionately tearing them apart,” co-wrote Riana Elyse Anderson, assistant professor of health education and health behavior.
Newsweek -
November 16, 2020
Climate change is exacerbating the many ailments plaguing the Great Lakes, says David Allan, professor emeritus of conservation biology and ecosystem management: “What we can do … is manage for ecosystem resilience and manage the other stressors, like nutrients, differently or more aggressively in light of how climate change is affecting them.”
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