Research

  1. November 11, 2016

    Hurricane-tracking satellite fleet readies for launch

    Launch is fast approaching for a $151 million NASA satellite mission led by U-M that will help improve forecasts of hurricane track, intensity and storm surge.

  2. October 28, 2016

    Older adults gain weight when spouse is stressed out

    Stress isn’t good for your waist line. For older married couples, the added pounds may be caused by a spouse’s long-term stress levels.

  3. October 28, 2016

    Survey shows public interest in science high, literacy constant

    While public interest in science continues to grow, the level of U.S. scientific literacy remains largely unchanged, according to a survey by the Institute for Social Research.

  4. October 28, 2016

    Long-term fright reactions extend beyond scary movies, TV shows

    A new U-M study shows different media platforms, such as social media, the internet and nonfictional media are creating frightened reactions that can have long-term effects.

  5. October 26, 2016

    $800K in research awards aim to address data science

    Four research teams from U-M and Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China are sharing $800,000 in awards to study depression, electric vehicles, urban green space and bone cancer.

  6. October 26, 2016

    Poor young women at greater risk of unintended pregnancies

    Poor women have fewer but longer relationships, use contraceptives less frequently and use less effective methods than women from more advantaged backgrounds, a new U-M study shows.

  7. October 20, 2016

    Annual research funding rises to record $1.39 billion

    The university’s total volume of research reached a record $1.39 billion in the 2016 fiscal year that closed June 30, a 7.2 percent increase from the previous year.

  8. October 18, 2016

    Team recovers ‘most complete Michigan mastodon skeleton’ in decades

    The most complete ice age mastodon skeleton found in Michigan since the 1940s was recovered this month from the state’s Thumb region by a team led by U-M researchers.

  9. October 17, 2016

    U-M helps find solar system’s second-most distant minor planet

    Astronomers at U-M and their colleagues on the Dark Energy Survey have discovered a new dwarf planet that’s more than 90 times farther from the sun than Earth.

  10. October 10, 2016

    U-M, MSU, Wayne State collaborate to examine Flint water filters

    Researchers from U-M, and Wayne State and Michigan State universities are conducting studies to determine the best ways to manage the type of point-of-use water filters being used by Flint residents.