Research

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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

  4. 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.

  5. January 16, 2025

    Arts Initiative grants awarded to seven research teams

    The Arts Research: Incubation & Acceleration grant program in the Office of the Vice President for Research has awarded a new round of funding to seven faculty-led research projects.

  6. January 15, 2025

    Six postdoctoral researchers chosen for commercialization fellowships

    Innovation Partnerships has announced the funding of six new Postdoctoral Commercialization Fellowships, based on the strong commercialization potential of the recipients’ doctoral research.

  7. January 15, 2025

    Six teams funded for disability-related research projects

    Six U-M research teams have been awarded funding through the Office of the Provost’s Disability Scholarship Initiative.

  8. January 13, 2025

    U-M develops new blood test for head and neck cancer

    A Michigan Medicine lab has begun providing MyHPVscore, a first-of-its-kind highly accurate blood test that can detect human papilloma virus-related head and neck cancer.

  9. January 13, 2025

    Study: Big Ten expansion will double football’s carbon emissions

    A new report from the Center for Sustainable Systems shows the Big Ten’s 2024 expansion will more than double average conference-game emissions for the U-M football team.

  10. January 10, 2025

    Monica Dus to direct new Office of National Laboratories

    U-M has created a new office to support its partnerships with U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories, with Monica Dus, associate professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, to be the office’s director.