Research
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May 29, 2024
U-M chemist receives national Brown Investigator award
LSA professor Kerri Pratt is among the 2024 class of Brown Investigators, the first class selected through the newly formed Brown Institute for Basic Sciences at Caltech.
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May 22, 2024
LSA funds five new Meet the Moment projects with $4.7M
LSA has awarded $4.7 million to five new faculty research projects as part of its Meet the Moment Research Initiative that seek to address some of today’s most challenging issues.
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May 18, 2024
U-M report explores growing housing crisis in Michigan
The burgeoning housing crisis affecting Michigan and much of the nation is addressed in a new report by U-M in partnership with the Michigan State Housing Development Authority.
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May 15, 2024
Copper cannot be mined fast enough to electrify United States
Copper cannot be mined quickly enough to keep up with current U.S. policy guidelines to transition the country’s electricity and vehicle infrastructure to renewable energy, according to a U-M study.
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May 10, 2024
Pair receives Javits Award for work on stroke health disparities
Two U-M researchers have received the Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for their work on stroke health disparities in Mexican Americans.
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May 10, 2024
Feelings of misinformation lead to more news avoidance
As people have more difficulty distinguishing fact from fiction in the United States, they are more likely to feel news fatigue and avoid news altogether, according to a U-M study.
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May 9, 2024
U-M initiative pairs students with older adults to improve hand function
Through the Hands and Health at Home program, School of Kinesiology students visit older adults in the Ann Arbor area twice a week to perform exercises to improve hand function.
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May 9, 2024
University receives $3.6M to advance nuclear energy
Four U-M projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Partnerships program aim to make nuclear energy safer and more equitable.
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May 8, 2024
$4.8M campaign led by U-M will improve forecasts in western U.S.
A new science expedition in Yampa Valley, Colorado, will improve forecasts of snowfall and estimates of how climate change will impact snowpack and water availability in the western U.S. mountains.
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May 8, 2024
A leap toward carbon neutrality, CO2 to methanol
U-M researchers have developed a catalyst material known as cobalt phthalocyanine that converts carbon dioxide — a significant driver of climate change — into renewable fuels such as methanol.
