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November 8, 2024
“Daytime clenching is more significantly associated with stressful events than sleep-related bruxism (the grinding or clenching of teeth),” said Elizabeth Rae Hatfield, clinical assistant professor of dentistry. “But we do think that anxiety can increase that activity (at night).”
NBC Today -
November 7, 2024
“There’s a lot of initiatives and activities going on throughout the state, throughout the nation, as well as globally. What we want to do here is to to pull it all together into some sort of coordinated, cohesive approach at the state level,” said Thomas McKenney, clinical associate professor of naval architecture and marine engineering, who is leading a statewide project to figure out ways to make cargo shipping, recreational boating, commercial fishing, ports and ferries more sustainable.
WCMU Radio -
November 7, 2024
“As well as being a means to expend calories, exercising regularly seems to modify your fat tissue in a way that allows you to store your body fat more healthfully if and when you do experience some weight gain — and nearly everyone does as they get older,” said Jeffrey Horowitz, professor of movement science.
The Telegraph (U.K.) -
November 7, 2024
“The overall political climate has changed toward one where I think free trade does not carry the power that it used to. There is more of a nationalistic, buy American component to policymaking on both sides of the aisle in America,” said Jonathan Hanson, lecturer in public policy.
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November 6, 2024
Research by Jenna Wiens, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, found that AI medical models may misdiagnose patients of color, due to patients of different racial and ethnic backgrounds receiving medical tests that others are not: “If these data contain spurious correlations or bias, the models trained on these data can replicate or even amplify these biases.”
WEMU Radio -
November 6, 2024
“Whether accurate or not, elected officials likely think that making it easier to vote would advantage one party — traditionally it is believed to help the Democrats — at the expense of the other party, the GOP,” said Vincent Hutchings, professor of political science and of Afroamerican and African studies. “Again, it is not clear that this is demonstrably true but it is a widespread perception. So, since this effort does not receive bipartisan support, it is difficult to enact.”
HuffPost -
November 6, 2024
“Psychological coercion can be as effective as a physical shackle, and we find in the majority of our cases, it’s the psychological coercion that they feel. And by saying they can’t leave, usually, what people mean is they feel like they can’t get out of the exploitation. It doesn’t mean that they physically can never leave,” said Bridgette Carr, clinical professor of law and director of the Human Trafficking Clinic.
Forbes -
November 5, 2024
“If you ask yourself the question, ‘Where in the later universe do we see gravity as strong as it was at the beginning of the universe?’ the answer is at the center of black holes,” said Gregory Tarlé, professor emeritus of physics, whose research found evidence that dark energy — the mysterious energy driving the accelerating expansion of our universe — could be connected with black holes.
Live Science -
November 5, 2024
“Children who are experiencing housing instability are struggling more to get to school, so their attendance is really suffering because of the instability. … They are exposed to many different stressors, and this is placing them at risk for worse educational outcomes,” said Jennifer Erb-Downward, director of housing stability programs and policy initiatives at Poverty Solutions.
Metromode -
November 5, 2024
“One-third of Medicare beneficiaries will have an out-of-pocket savings of $7 billion. … As President Joe Biden would say, this is a very, very BFD,” said Mark Fendrick, director of the U-M Center for Value-Based Insurance Design, on the new $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for people enrolled in Medicare Part D.
Detroit Free Press
