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September 11, 2019
When fruit flies are exposed to a high-sugar diet, key metabolites associated with brain health become depleted — a finding that could tell researchers why behaviors that change with the internal energy state change on high-nutrient diets, according to research by Monica Dus, assistant professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, and Peter Freddolino, assistant professor of biological chemistry, and computational medicine and bioinformatics.
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September 11, 2019
Jerry Davis, professor of management and organizations, said the number of startups that hire people has been falling for four decades: “If you can rent the parts of a business, use temps rather than full-time employees, rent a factory, then you can look a lot more like a virtual startup. Then you don’t really need to create an enterprise with employees.”
Marketplace -
September 10, 2019
“What schools and government shouldn’t do is cut loans without getting money to students in other ways. Every college graduate would be better off without student debt. But they would not be better off without their college degrees, which loans make possible for millions of people,” wrote Susan Dynarski, professor of public policy, education and economics.
The New York Times -
September 10, 2019
Research by Stuart Soroka, professor of communication and media, and political science, indicates that, on average, a slight majority of viewers worldwide demonstrate a bias toward more negative news: “But the results also revealed that this negative bias was not shared by everyone, and some even had a positive bias — a sign that there may be a market for positive news.”
Los Angeles Times -
September 10, 2019
“Though hearing aids can’t be said to prevent these conditions, a delay in the onset of dementia, depression and anxiety, and the risk of serious falls, could be significant both for the patient and for the costs to the Medicare system,” said Elham Mahmoudi, assistant professor of family medicine, about research into seniors who get a hearing aid shortly after being diagnosed with hearing loss.
MarketWatch -
September 9, 2019
“They will still be in sediment cores for future civilizations to find them, because except for bacteria it doesn’t look like most things can degrade them in any way. They break down into smaller and smaller pieces but they’re still inherently, chemically plastic,” said Allen Burton, professor of environment and sustainability, and of earth and environmental sciences, discussing microplastics that have been polluting oceans since the 1940s.
WIRED -
September 9, 2019
“We often think of disasters as immediate emergencies. But really what I see more of is people with chronic medical conditions that need routine care that they’re not able to get,” said Sue Anne Bell, assistant professor of nursing, whose research shows that a majority of adults over 50 are not prepared for natural disasters and emergency situations.
National Public Radio -
September 9, 2019
“What we saw in the Bahamas is unprecedented. As far as we know, we’ve never had such a powerful hurricane just stall over an island…the term ‘catastrophic’ falls short,” said Ángel Adames-Corraliza, assistant professor of climate and space sciences and engineering.
PBS Nova -
September 6, 2019
“These sinkholes are exceptional in terms of the type of life they hold. We consider them to be an extreme environment. Usually, we would have to go to Yellowstone Park or the deep sea to see something similar,” said Greg Dick, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, and of ecology and evolutionary biology, referring to sinkholes in the Great Lakes that nourish rarely seen microbial life.
The Detroit News -
September 6, 2019
“Contrary to current policy in many schools, the young people we polled do not support restrictions on bathroom use by transgender people. This suggests that young people’s views on bathroom use by transgender individuals differ from the narratives often represented in public debates,” said Halley Crissman, clinical lecturer in obstetrics and gynecology.
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