Research
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March 6, 2021
MICDE seeks applications for computational science grants
The Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery & Engineering seeks proposals for research projects in computational science that combine elements of mathematics, computer science and cyberinfrastructure.
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March 5, 2021
Five U-M teams in biomedical STAT Madness Tournament
Throughout the month of March, 64 discoveries from schools and colleges across the country will compete in the annual STAT Madness tournament. This year, U-M is fielding five research teams.
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February 26, 2021
Project-based learning yields better student outcomes, studies show
Students in project-based learning classrooms across the United States significantly outperform those in typical classrooms, according to studies announced by Lucas Education Research, and five universities, including U-M.
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February 24, 2021
Sleep vital to associating emotion with memory, study shows
U-M researchers have been studying how memories associated with a specific sensory event are formed and stored in mice. They found that neurons activated by the visual stimulus keep more active during subsequent sleep.
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February 16, 2021
Ride-sharing services linked to increase in binge drinking
Ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft might help decrease drunk driving accidents and deaths, but they also are associated with an increase in binge drinking, according to a new study.
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February 16, 2021
Sloan fellowships awarded to four U-M researchers
Four U-M researchers — mathematician Alexander Perry, earth scientist Sierra Petersen, neuroscientist Swathi Yadlapalli and physicist Liuyan Zhao — have been named Sloan Research Fellows for 2021.
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February 15, 2021
U-M further expands research activity on all three campuses
Research and scholarship activity, which has been ramping up from previous COVID-19 restrictions, can safely expand further across U-M’s Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses.
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February 8, 2021
U-M sponsored research projects add $5.9B to economy since ’02
U-M’s research enterprise contributed $5.9 billion to the national economy over the past 18 years — $1.8 billion of which supported Michigan-based companies, according to the Institute for Research on Innovation and Science.
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February 2, 2021
County by county, study shows social inequality in COVID’s toll
COVID-19 has killed more than 400,000 Americans, and infected more than 24 million others. But a new study shows just how unevenly those deaths and cases have played out across the country.
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February 2, 2021
Study helps quantify CO2 emissions from virtual conferences
Virtual conferencing that has replaced large, in-person gatherings in the age of COVID-19 represents a drastic reduction in carbon emissions, but those online meetings still have environmental costs, U-M research shows.
