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January 17, 2018
Max Shtein, professor of materials science and engineering, macromolecular science and engineering, and chemical engineering, and colleagues have taken a cue from the electric eel to create a soft, foldable battery that could one day power devices like pacemakers, sensors and prosthetic organs.
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January 17, 2018
“Think autocorrect, or Google-auto-complete, but at 60 mph. If the two systems, human and vehicle, are not on the same wavelength, then there could be severe consequences,” said Anuj Pradhan, assistant research scientist at the U-M Transportation Research Institute, commenting on Nissan’s “smart” autonomous driving system that can read a driver’s mind.
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January 17, 2018
A column by Jennifer Robertson, professor of anthropology and women’s studies, history of art, and art and design, explores Japan’s “genderless” subculture, in which, for some men, a male body need not conform to a stereotypical manly appearance.
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January 16, 2018
“When it comes to answering emails, politicians aren’t less responsive to immigrants than to native-born constituents. What mattered instead was the constituent’s race. No matter where they were born, or whether they identified as voters, ethnic minorities received fewer responses than whites,” wrote Christopher Fariss, assistant professor of political science, and Charles Crabtree, doctoral student in political science.
The Washington Post -
January 16, 2018
Most people make resolutions in a bubble of self-disgust and over-optimism, says Michelle Segar, director of U-M’s Sport, Health, and Activity Research and Policy Center: “Then the bubble bursts within weeks by real life’s needs and urgencies.”
Fast Company -
January 16, 2018
“It is beyond dispute that the state of parent representation remains in disarray over 35 years after the Supreme Court’s decision in Lassiter,” wrote Vivek Sankaran, clinical professor of law, referring to a 1981 Supreme Court case that declared a mother did not have a right to an attorney in court proceedings that would determine whether to terminate her legal standing as a parent.
The Nation -
January 15, 2018
Arline Geronimus, professor of health behavior and health education, was featured in an extensive interview about her research on middle-aged African-American women and the effects of weathering — the accelerated deterioration of the body due to chronic and repeated exposures to stress and the high effort of coping with them.
National Public Radio -
January 15, 2018
Research by Jessica Moorman, doctoral student in communication studies, found that preschoolers who spend more time watching television, playing video games or using computers get less sleep — especially if they’re sneaky about their technology use at bedtime.
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January 15, 2018
“One nice thing is that’s going to translate into increases in real purchasing power. So even adjusting for inflation, we’re going to start to see healthier increases in wages and incomes,” said Gabriel Ehrlich, director of the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics, commenting on his forecast for a steadily improving Michigan economy.
Michigan Radio -
January 14, 2018
Research by Amiyatosh Purnanandam, professor of finance, suggests that high levels of predatory lending in poor neighborhoods can be linked to rules like the Community Reinvestment Act that focus more on quantity of loans than quality of service.
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