Research
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September 11, 2017
Mastodon discovered near Grand Rapids to be donated to U-M
The remains of a female mastodon discovered near Grand Rapids will be donated to U-M, providing researchers another data point in the history of the elephant relatives in Michigan.
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September 8, 2017
Marijuana use among college students at highest level in 30 years
Marijuana use among U.S. college students in 2016 was at the highest level seen in the past three decades, according to the most recent Monitoring the Future follow-up study.
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August 31, 2017
Biosciences Initiative Coordinating Committee
Members of the Biosciences Initiative Coordinating Committee are: • Roger Cone, chair; vice provost and director of the Biosciences Initiative; Asa Gray Collegiate Professor of the Life Sciences, Mary Sue Coleman Director of the Life Sciences Institute; research professor, LSI; and professor of molecular and integrative physiology, Medical School. • Huda Akil, Gardner C. Quarton… -
August 31, 2017
Committee to help find emerging opportunities for bioscience research
President Mark Schlissel has commissioned a new multidisciplinary faculty committee to help U-M researchers identify and pursue the “spectacularly fertile landscape for discovery” in today’s biological sciences.
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August 24, 2017
U-M partners on digital encyclopedia of 3-D vertebrates
U-M is one of 16 research institutions included in a $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant that will launch an initiative to CT scan 20,000 vertebrates and “teleport” them to the internet.
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August 2, 2017
$7.75M NSF grant funds project to map circuits in the brain
U-M researchers are leading an effort, funded by a $7.75 million National Science Foundation grant, to demonstrate and share technologies driving rapid advances in our understanding of the brain.
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July 31, 2017
Outdoor drone complex will be site of safe flight testing
M-Air, an outdoor fly lab for testing autonomous aerial vehicles, is coming to the College of Engineering this fall, adding to the university’s spate of advanced robotics facilities.
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July 27, 2017
U-M, SJTU research teams share $1 million to study data science
Five research teams from U-M and Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China are sharing $1 million to study data science and its impact in a variety of areas.
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July 13, 2017
Harmful summer algal bloom predicted for western Lake Erie
U-M researchers and their partners predict western Lake Erie will experience a significant harmful algal bloom this summer, potentially reaching 2013 and 2014 levels, though smaller than 2015’s record bloom.
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July 6, 2017
U-M astronomer part of Jupiter-like planet discovery
A U-M professor is part of a team that has discovered a giant, Jupiter-like planet that revolves around a star approximately 385 light years from the sun.
