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October 22, 2014
Olga Shalev, doctoral candidate in materials science and engineering, and colleagues have succeeded in artificially creating smooth facetless crystals in the lab that have the potential to revolutionize everything from solar panels to LEDs.
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October 21, 2014
“Ebola is jerking us back to the 19th century. It’s terrible. It’s isolating. It’s scary. You’re not connecting with other human beings, and you are fearful of a microbiologic time bomb ticking inside of you,” said Dr. Howard Markel, professor of the history of medicine, and pediatrics and communicable diseases.
The New York Times -
October 21, 2014
Gabriel Corfas, professor of otolaryngology and director of the Kresge Hearing Research Institute, helped restore the hearing of mice partly deafened by noise, using advanced tools to boost the production of a key protein in their ears.
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October 21, 2014
Michael Combi, research professor and distinguished research scientist in atmospheric, oceanic and space sciences, helped develop two devices on the Rosetta spacecraft that will land a probe on a comet, whose contents may give hints about the origin of the solar system.
WDIV-TV -
October 20, 2014
Melanie Adams, wellness coordinator for the U-M Health System’s Project Healthy Schools, was quoted in an article about a pair of fast-growing startups that provide healthy lunches to schools.
Fortune -
October 20, 2014
Research by Jerry Davis, professor of management and organizations, was cited in a column about the demise of publicly quoted companies.
Financial Times -
October 20, 2014
Dr. Eden Wells, professor of epidemiology, was interviewed about the risk factors of Ebola and how concerned we really should be.
PBS NewsHour -
October 19, 2014
Christian Davenport, professor of political science, was interviewed for a story about Rwandan rebels in eastern Congo who want to return home 20 years after perpetrating genocide in their homeland.
CBS News -
October 19, 2014
Dr. Arnold Monto, professor of epidemiology, says there is a “very low probability” that passage of the infected Dallas nurse, Amber Vinson, through Ohio will lead to new cases in Cleveland or nearby Michigan.
MLive -
October 19, 2014
Ella Atkins, associate professor of aerospace engineering, says so-called general aviation — unscheduled private flights — pose the most difficulty to integrating drone traffic into U.S. airspace.
MIT Technology Review
