Research
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November 15, 2013
Some see work as a calling, others say it’s just a job
Why does one person see work primarily as a means to a paycheck, while another sitting in the next cubicle expects work to provide genuine fulfillment?
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November 15, 2013
Bad boys: Research predicts whether boys will grow out of it
Using the high-tech tools of a new field called neurogenetics and a few simple questions for parents, a University of Michigan researcher is beginning to understand which boys are simply being boys and which may be headed for trouble.
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November 15, 2013
What preschoolers know about healthy eating
When you hand a preschooler a donut, does she know it’s junk food? The answer is yes, says University of Michigan researcher Kristen Harrison.
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November 15, 2013
Mutual benefits: Stressed-out trees boost sugary rewards to ant defenders
In a paper that appears in the journal PLOS Biology, University of Michigan ecologist Elizabeth Pringle and her colleagues identify a clear-cut case of a stress-strengthened ant-tree mutualism and suggest a possible mechanism underlying it, one based on interspecies carbon exchange.
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November 11, 2013
Higher ed briefs
News from other Michigan public universities and U-M peer institutions across the nation.
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November 8, 2013
Innovation on display at MCubed demo day Nov. 15
More than 200 pilot projects born of bold ideas and unlikely collaborations will be on display next Friday at a symposium to mark the first funding anniversary of the MCubed research funding initiative.
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November 5, 2013
U-M professor co-authors landmark dictionary about Buddhism
Donald Lopez, the Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies, has spent the past 12 years compiling the most authoritative and wide-ranging reference on Buddhism ever produced in English.
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November 1, 2013
How a metamaterial might improve a depression treatment
A brain stimulation technique that’s used to treat tough cases of depression could be considerably improved with a new headpiece designed by University of Michigan engineers.
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November 1, 2013
Young people who abuse pain meds more likely to use other drugs later
High school seniors who misuse prescription pain medications risk abusing other controlled substances as young adults, a new University of Michigan study indicates.
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November 1, 2013
Ultra-focused electric current helps brain curb pain
Imagine significantly reducing a persistent migraine or fibromyalgia by a visit to a doctor who delivers low doses of electricity to the brain. Researchers at the University of Michigan are optimizing the next generation for such a technique, called high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation, or HD-tDCS.
