Research
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January 20, 2014
Scholarship and Creative Work
Research about ancient sharks, drugs and dating violence, college football and Arab Spring.
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January 20, 2014
U-M-developed treatment for Gaucher disease to be reviewed by FDA
Cerdelga, a treatment for Gaucher disease type 1 licensed by the University of Michigan to Genzyme Corp., recently was accepted for accelerated priority review by the FDA.
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January 20, 2014
U-M researchers involved in Rosetta mission to land on comet
U-M scientists are part of a unique space mission to be the first craft to land on a comet as well as track it for an extended period of time.
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January 17, 2014
Bailed-out banks issued riskier loans
Banks that received federal bailout money approved riskier loans and shifted capital toward risky investments, according to a University of Michigan researcher.
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January 16, 2014
U-M researchers find Facebook memes can evolve like genes
Facebook memes that morph into thousands of variations as they spread across the social network mirror the evolution of biological genes, researchers have found.
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January 15, 2014
Gift to help Community College Summer Program double enrollment
A $450,000 gift will enable the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program’s Community College Summer Fellowship Program to double in size for the next three years.
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January 15, 2014
Luck is more important than fantasy sports players think
A new study shows that fantasy sports players believe they have much more control over the outcome of games than they actually do.
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January 15, 2014
Grant to help Community College Summer Program double enrollment
For more than 25 years, the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program in LSA has offered students a chance to participate in high-level research early in their academic careers. Since 1988 more than 10,000 first and second-year students have worked on research projects with faculty and research scientists across campus. In 2007, the UROP Community College Summer… -
January 14, 2014
University researchers estimate best time to launch a cyber attack
U-M researchers have developed new ways to analyze Internet security risks by creating a mathematical model that can predict when a cyber attack may be launched.
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January 13, 2014
Most students are targets of food and beverage marketing at school
Most public elementary, middle and high school students are exposed to some kind of commercial marketing efforts at their schools, a new study shows.
