Research
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September 23, 2016
Scientists triple known types of viruses in world’s oceans
The world’s oceans teem with scientific mystery, unknowns that could prove to be tools that will one day protect the planet from global warming.
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September 23, 2016
Tech startup bets on slow water to power future
In a milestone that took more than a decade to reach, a U-M team is testing the first commercial-scale prototype of a device designed to generate electricity from slow-moving river and ocean currents. Called VIVACE, the device harnesses a phenomenon called flow-induced motion. It weighs 12 tons and it’s submerged in 26 feet of water.
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September 22, 2016
Ford School research shows a quiet crisis over K-12 class size
New research from the Education Policy Initiative at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy found many Michigan K-12 students experience very large core classes, but some are at greater risk.
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September 22, 2016
Kelsey Museum exhibit highlights beauty, importance of failure
“Less Than Perfect,” a new exhibit at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, explores how failures of past civilizations provide insight on production processes, ancient technologies and traditions.
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September 8, 2016
U-M, Yottabyte partner to accelerate data-intensive research
U-M and software company Yottabyte are partnering to provide a flexible computing cloud for complex computational analyses of sensitive and restricted data.
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September 8, 2016
Marijuana use rising among college students; narcotic use down
College student marijuana use continues its nearly decade-long increase, according to the Monitoring the Future study by researchers at the Institute for Social Research.
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September 8, 2016
U-M leading $3M grant effort to turn urine into food crop fertilizer
Converting human urine into a safe fertilizer for agricultural crops is the goal of a new $3 million National Science Foundation grant being led by U-M researchers.
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September 2, 2016
Study: Biofuels increase heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions
A new study from University of Michigan researchers challenges the widely held assumption that biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel are inherently carbon neutral.
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September 2, 2016
U-M study: Some black men face discrimination on a weekly basis
Others being afraid of you as you walk by. Shopping in a store and being followed by an employee. Being verbally assaulted with racist words or threatened.
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September 2, 2016
Housing segregation may reduce kids’ chances for upward mobility
Children might find it particularly difficult to escape poverty if they live someplace where government-assisted housing is segregated across neighborhoods.
