Research
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September 4, 2018
Firstborn Asians feel added pressure with family responsibilities
When compared to European Americans, Asian-American firstborns feel the additional burden of being cultural brokers and having to take care of their immigrant parents and young siblings at the same time, says a University of Michigan researcher.
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September 4, 2018
Most land-based ecosystems worldwide at risk due to climate change
Without dramatic reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions, most of the planet’s land-based ecosystems — from its forests and grasslands to the deserts and tundra — are at high risk of “major transformation” due to climate change, according to a new study from an international research team.
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September 4, 2018
Fake news detector algorithm works better than a human
An algorithm-based system that identifies telltale linguistic cues in fake news stories could provide news aggregator and social media sites like Google News with a new weapon in the fight against misinformation.
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September 4, 2018
Receptor protein in the brain controls the body’s fat ‘rheostat’
Scientists at the University of Michigan and Vanderbilt University have identified the function of a protein that has been confounding metabolism researchers for more than two decades. And it may have implications both for treating obesity and for understanding weight gain during pregnancy and menopause.
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September 4, 2018
January 2018 Michigan meteor provides trove of scientific insights
On the night of Jan. 16, a meteor burst in the skies over Michigan, producing a fireball that was seen by people across seven U.S. states and in Ontario province.
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September 4, 2018
People with low muscle strength more likely to die prematurely
Individuals with weaker muscles do not typically live as long as their stronger peers, according to new research from the University of Michigan.
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August 8, 2018
Initiative aspires to turn greenhouse gas into profitable products
Removing carbon dioxide from the air and turning it into useful products is the long-term goal of U-M’s new Global CO2 Initiative.
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July 26, 2018
U-M receives more than $16.7M through DARPA initiative
U-M engineering researchers have received more than $16.7 million to pursue a variety of computer projects through a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency initiative.
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July 13, 2018
Smaller summer harmful algal bloom forecast for western Lake Erie
U-M researchers and their partners predict western Lake Erie will experience a harmful algal bloom of cyanobacteria this summer that is smaller than in 2017 but larger than the mild bloom in 2016.
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June 25, 2018
U-M researchers create world’s smallest ‘computer’
A team from U-M has created what may be the world’s smallest computer — depending on how one defines the term. The device measures just 0.3 mm to a side.
