Research

  1. February 7, 2025

    U-M offering $1M in added funding for mobility innovation

    The Electric Vehicle Center has partnered with the Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization Advanced Transportation Innovation Hub to provide an additional $1 million in funding.

  2. February 7, 2025

    U-M researchers tackling AI to help transform health care

    Artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionize health care delivery. With this, comes a great need for more interdisciplinary research and collaboration to inform policy and practice

  3. February 6, 2025

    Super Bowl celebrations also mean super noise exposure

    The Super Bowl is America’s most-watched broadcast and also, it seems, the nation’s loudest single event, which could make it rough on the eardrums.

  4. February 4, 2025

    Detroit’s economic picture expected to improve in 2025

    Detroiters faced a challenging 2024 as resident employment declined, but the city is expected to return to growth this year as monetary policy eases and interest rates moderate, according to U-M economists.

  5. February 3, 2025

    Stress can be lifesaving for wild animals

    Faced with relentless drought, capuchin monkeys showcased their remarkable resilience and provided the first data from wild primates to suggest that a stronger stress response promotes survival.

  6. January 27, 2025

    Q&A: A look at transportation insecurity in Detroit and beyond

    More than a third of Detroit residents can’t get from place to place in a safe or timely manner, according to a new study led by Alexandra Murphy of U-M’s Mcity and Poverty Solutions, and Lydia Wileden of the University of Connecticut.

  7. January 24, 2025

    Virtual quadcopter allows ‘unprecedented’ level of control

    U-M researchers are helping develop a brain-computer interface that when surgically placed in a research participant with tetraplegia can provide control over a virtual quadcopter.

  8. January 22, 2025

    Research looks at younger drivers and autonomous vehicles

    UM-Dearborn associate professor Bochen Jia has been digging into the particular issue of fatigue onset in younger, novice drivers when operating autonomous vehicles.

  9. January 22, 2025

    University receives $2M to improve growth of AI models

    A project led by U-M and funded by a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation could help topple the “memory wall,” which currently limits computing speed and the growth of artificial intelligence models

  10. January 16, 2025

    Study examines tuition aid program’s benefits, barriers

    One of Michigan’s largest financial aid programs offers great promise in boosting college affordability as well as the number of college graduates — with room to reach many more who qualify for it.