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April 10, 2025
Budget-conscious supermarkets streamline processes to avoid unexpected costs, says Kate Astashkina, assistant professor of business: “Aldi and similar retailers avoid loyalty programs, promotions and elaborate store layouts. Stores are standardized and intentionally minimal. It’s not about being low-quality — it’s about being low-friction. And friction is expensive.”
Food & Wine -
April 10, 2025
“The hope for most nuclear engineers is that these smaller reactor systems that we are designing will be deployed at scale in the 2030s and maybe into the 2040s. My hope as an instructor, as a teacher, is that our students … are the very people who will be working on the continued design of these technologies,” said Aditi Verma, assistant professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences, who co-created an undergraduate course about ethically designing modern nuclear facilities.
Marketplace -
April 10, 2025
“It’s not like being diagnosed with diabetes naturally turns you into a conspiracy theorist. But being diagnosed with diabetes, and being mistreated by the health care system, and having your employer mess you around diminishes your trust in society,” said Scott Greer, professor of health management and policy, whose research found a clear link between ill health and a tendency to support populist movements.
Financial Times -
April 9, 2025
“It’s surprising to me that the baseball bat has not been a subject of great scrutiny for so many years. But if you’re a baseball player, you realize that practicing for so long with a certain type of bat and having the tolerance is so careful. You don’t want to mess around with that bat very much, otherwise you’re going to miss all the pitches,” said James Wells, professor of physics, about the use of torpedo bats, which move some of the mass on the end of the bat about 6 to 7 inches lower.
WNEM Saginaw -
April 9, 2025
Michelle Riba, clinical professor of psychiatry, says there are ways to combat the exhaustion that could be of use to creators on TikTok who are feeling overwhelmed and fatigued as a result of the tumultuous political and media landscape: “(They) should remember that they’re not alone — there are many people out there who are feeling this. Finding a group of people who they can talk to, bounce ideas back and forth from, learn from each other is a good idea.”
National Public Radio -
April 9, 2025
“I think we’ve got another moment reflecting a Roman defeat and a burial of troops after the fact. … You get a sense for the nature of battle from the injuries that these poor people have sustained,” said David Potter, professor of classical studies, about the remains of at least 129 people found under a Vienna soccer field — many of them bearing the injuries of warfare, dating to when Rome fought Germanic people nearly 2,000 years ago.
The New York Times -
April 8, 2025
People with heart failure are likely to experience a significant decrease in cognitive abilities, according to new U-M research. “Seeing this cognitive decline among patients, and how it worsens over time after a diagnosis of heart failure, should be a warning for providers to assess a patient’s cognitive ability early and factor it into the care plan,” said cardiologist Supriya Shore. Neurologist Deborah Levine said “regular cognitive monitoring of older adults with heart failure would help identify individuals with the earliest signs of cognitive decline who require supportive care.”
Indo-Asian News Service -
April 8, 2025
Despite his disgrace, ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol “did succeed in mobilizing a coherent political base, particularly among far-right groups,” said Ji Yeon Hong, associate professor of political science and Korean studies. “This movement … is more structural and ideological,” she said, warning that this aspect of Yoon’s legacy might outlast him.
Barron's -
April 8, 2025
“If we want world-class biomedical research, we need a means to update its infrastructure as science and the nation’s needs change. The NIH seems to expect that direct-cost investments alone will suffice to keep America ahead of the knowledge curve. They won’t. … Absent drastic change, that’s a recipe for long-term decline,” wrote sociologist Jason Owen-Smith, executive director of the Institute for Research on Innovation & Science and associate VP for research-institutional capabilities and research intelligence.
The Chronicle of Higher Education -
April 7, 2025
New research from Daniel Whibley, assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation, indicates that women with chronic conditions who experience poor sleep are more likely to encounter mobility challenges: “Poor sleep can affect the nervous system, which may impact balance, coordination and gait — the way someone walks.”
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