Research

  1. December 12, 2024

    Study looks at impact of ethnic studies on high school students

    High school students enrolled in ethnic studies develop the ability to think analytically about the causes of social inequalities, a U-M study suggests.

  2. December 11, 2024

    Robert Bartlett, Zhen Xu elected to National Academy of Inventors

    The National Academy of Inventors has selected faculty members Robert Bartlett and Zhen Xu as fellows, the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors.

  3. December 9, 2024

    Study: Living near relatives makes us heroic and harsh

    New research from U-M and the University of California, Irvine suggests that living and being around family more often affects our psychology in some surprising ways.

  4. December 4, 2024

    Teams aim to protect frogs, bats, bees in innovative ways

    Thanks in part to LSA’s Meet the Moment Research Initiative grants, two research teams are working toward a better future for humans and Earth’s critters alike.

  5. December 3, 2024

    LSA professor studies anti-aging interventions, diseases

    An LSA professor is studying how to extend the healthy years of human life by building biological resistance against the many diseases that we face as we get older.

  6. November 22, 2024

    Study examines firearm-related threats to immigrants

    Almost half of the migrants crossing into the U.S. from Latin America and the Caribbean report experiencing firearm-related threats in their home country, according to a U-M study.

  7. November 21, 2024

    Race guides location of Detroit-area financial institutions

    The placement of banks, credit unions and alternative financial services is influenced by changes in a neighborhoods’ racial composition,, according to a new U-M study.

  8. November 21, 2024

    New DESI results weigh in on gravity

    A new study using data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument has traced how gravity helped create sprawling strands of galaxies over the past 11 billion years.

  9. November 14, 2024

    Grandparents and grandkids: Poll suggests two‑way benefit

    A new poll based at U-M suggests that having grandchildren and seeing them regularly may have a link to older adults’ mental health and risk of loneliness, and that many grandparents support their younger grandchildren in various ways.

  10. November 13, 2024

    How to reduce energy waste in training AI models

    A less wasteful way to train large language models for artificial intelligence, such as the GPT series, finishes in the same amount of time for up to 30% less energy, according to a new study from U-M.