Research
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September 7, 2021
‘Robot assistants’ may help reinvent construction industry
With the aim of enabling robots to learn from human partners on construction sites, the National Science Foundation is providing $2 million to a university-led research team.
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September 1, 2021
Farm field find rewrites archaeological history in Michigan
An independent researcher along with U-M researchers have identified a 13,000-year-old Clovis camp site, now thought to be the earliest archaeological site in Michigan.
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August 30, 2021
Study: Survivors’ plasma of no benefit to new COVID-19 patients
A new study authored by a U-M researcher found that COVID-19 convalescent plasma did not prevent disease progression in an at-risk group of COVID patients when administered within one week of their symptoms.
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August 9, 2021
$33M to help U-M lead anesthetic medications study
A new study led by U-M and Washington University in St. Louis aims to compare intravenous propofol anesthesia with inhaled potent volatile anesthesia to determine which technique offers a better patient recovery experience and clinical outcomes.
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July 28, 2021
Research seed grants available to advance anti-racism scholarship
The National Center for Institutional Diversity’s Anti-Racism Collaborative is seeking research grant proposals that broaden understandings of anti-racism and anti-racist action.
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July 21, 2021
Blacks, Hispanics among hardest hit during COVID-19 pandemic, study shows
Deaths from all causes combined increased dramatically early in the COVID-19 pandemic for certain U.S. demographic groups — particularly Black and Hispanic people, according to U-M research.
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July 17, 2021
MICDE Catalyst Grants support five new computational science projects
Five research teams at U-M will share more than $370,000 from the Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering to explore high-impact projects with novel advancement in computational science.
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July 15, 2021
U-M Biosciences Initiative reviews progress, looks to the future
In the four years since its launch, U-M’s Biosciences Initiative has established nine major research initiatives and taken other significant steps to propel the university to the forefront of the life sciences.
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May 17, 2021
Harnessing fluorescents’ hum for more efficient computing
The property that makes fluorescent lights buzz could power a new generation of more efficient computing devices that store data with magnetic fields, rather than electricity.
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May 13, 2021
U-M study: Roads threaten bee movement, flower pollination
A U-M study shows that roads and paths pose a significant barrier to bee movement and therefore substantially reduce pollen transfer among flowering plants.
