Research
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April 22, 2020
Releasing older prisoners with violent records poses little crime risk
A U-M study indicates that many prisoners with violent records are actually at little risk of committing further crime — especially the older prisoners most at risk from COVID-19.
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April 13, 2020
MIDAS offers special round of funding for COVID-19 research
The Michigan Institute for Data Science is offering a special round of mini-grant funding for COVID-19 research projects. Proposals are due April 28. Up to 10 projects will receive up to $30,000.
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April 9, 2020
Virtual town hall to focus on research operations amid COVID-19
Research leadership from across the university will host a virtual town hall April 14 to answer questions and provide guidance on research operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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April 6, 2020
Wide range of U-M research focuses on coronavirus pandemic
Research projects and innovations related to COVID-19 have ramped up quickly across U-M, spurred by doctors, public health experts, scientists, economists and engineers, and encouraged by research leaders.
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April 6, 2020
COVID-19 research at U-M
Examples of some of the studies underway or planned at the University of Michigan related to the COVID-19 health crisis.
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April 5, 2020
Common coronaviruses are highly seasonal, U-M study shows
Four human coronaviruses that cause common respiratory infections are sharply seasonal and appear to transmit similarly to influenza, but researchers can’t say if the virus causing COVID-19 will behave similarly.
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April 5, 2020
U-M teams work to disinfect masks for medical personnel
Teams of U-M engineers are working to develop efficient, effective and scalable ways to disinfect N95 respirator masks for repeated use. The masks are needed to medical workers from COVID-19.
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March 30, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic disrupts U-M research projects far and wide
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, a wide variety of U-M research projects are feeling the effects. Here are just a few of those individual researchers who have been affected.
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March 20, 2020
Study: Containment appears to step down COVID-19 spread
The actions many communities are taking to slow the spread of COVID-19 may be shrinking deaths in a pattern that brings together nature, art and math, according to a new study from U-M.
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March 9, 2020
‘It’s like you have a hand again’
In a major advance in mind-controlled prosthetics for amputees, U-M researchers have tapped faint, latent signals from arm nerves and amplified them to enable real-time, intuitive, finger-level control of a robotic hand.
