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April 6, 2023
Offshore oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico are releasing far more climate-changing methane than official estimates show, according to research by doctoral student Alan Gorchov Negron and Eric Kort, associate professor of climate and space sciences and engineering. “The good news is that the bulk of emissions comes from one class of facilities, which means mitigation measures can be more targeted,” Kort said.
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April 6, 2023
“I was called the biggest threat to youth in this country. Everybody had been led to believe that teenage motherhood was a sign of degeneracy,” said Arline Geronimus, professor of health behavior and health education, whose research suggested that teenage Black mothers surmise that it is safer for them, and their children, to get pregnant early because they expect to develop chronic illness or have shorter lifespans.
The Guardian (U.K.) -
April 6, 2023
“Any internet troll now can, with only a few keystrokes and a click of a button, create convincing images that might fool a human,” said Andrew Owens, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, on the use of AI image generators, which make it easy for users to abuse public figures’ likenesses online.
The Wall Street Journal -
April 5, 2023
Research by sociology doctoral students Jasmine Simington and Erykah Benson found that 70% of Detroiters believe that addressing racial inequality — including reparations for Black Americans — should be a high policy priority for elected officials. “COVID, George Floyd, inflation. … I think all of these crises are shifting public perception about the role of government in both preventing and also, kind of, just easing the instability of everyday life,” Simington said.
Michigan Radio -
April 5, 2023
“This AI-based tool has the potential to improve the access and speed of diagnosis and care of patients with deadly brain tumors,” said Todd Hollon, assistant professor of neurological surgery, whose research team developed technology capable of pinpointing genetic mutations in brain tumors during surgery within just 90 seconds.
Fox News -
April 5, 2023
“My hope is that the city of Detroit is collaborating with people who are thinking critically about digital infrastructure. … What is the relationship that we want to have with digital technology moving forward, and how might internet access support our needs and aspirations as a community?” said Cyrus Peñarroyo, assistant professor of architecture, who found that 70% of Detroit public school students have no internet access at home.
The Detroit News -
April 4, 2023
“Whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican, it’s just good policy to promote access to services that have been proven to prevent diseases or to detect conditions while they’re still treatable. Maybe we’re naïve, but we’re hoping that the parties can put aside their differences and put an end to a lawsuit that could jeopardize the health of millions of Americans,” co-wrote Nicholas Bagley, professor of law, and A. Mark Fendrick, professor of internal medicine and of health management and policy, and director of the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design.
Health Affairs -
April 4, 2023
“It is a good reminder that no one is above the law, even a former president. We always say that, but I guess it’s gratifying to see that it’s true,” said Barbara McQuade, professor from practice of law, on the criminal indictment of former President Trump.
The Christian Science Monitor -
April 4, 2023
“There’s a lot of secrecy about all of these surveillance technologies and the ways that they’re used. … Even when the tool works as intended, if the underlying data is flawed it can still harm innocent people,” said Molly Kleinman, managing director of the Ford School’s Science, Technology and Public Policy program, about the wrongful arrest of a suspect based on a bad facial recognition match.
The New York Times -
April 3, 2023
Accounts of Indigenous people consuming rotten meat provide a valuable window into a way of life that existed long before Western industrialization and the war against germs went global, says John Speth, professor emeritus of anthropology: “A gold mine of ethnohistorical accounts makes it clear that the revulsion Westerners feel toward putrid meat and maggots is not hardwired in our genome but is instead culturally learned.”
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