Research
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April 18, 2016
Stop the growth: U-M researchers take aim at cancer metastasis
Researchers at the Life Sciences Institute are taking aim at a different piece of the cancer puzzle — preventing its ability to spread to new parts of the body.
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April 7, 2016
University collaborates with Toyota on autonomous vehicle hub
U-M will collaborate with Toyota in the automaker’s plan to establish a major autonomous vehicle research base in Ann Arbor.
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April 1, 2016
Depression: Men more vulnerable to long-term effects of stress
New research from the University of Michigan School of Public Health found that men are 50 percent more vulnerable to the effects of stress when the researchers examined how stressful events translated into depression 25 years later.
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April 1, 2016
Diabetes treatment solutions needed for older Native Americans
Older American Indians face barriers accessing health care, but little was known about whether or not these barriers relate to management of type 2 diabetes — a major health concern in Native American communities.
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April 1, 2016
Eating red meat linked to earlier onset of girls’ menstrual cycles
Girls who eat red meat often start their periods on average five months earlier than those who don’t.
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March 31, 2016
Personality influences how one reacts to email errors
When reading emails, do you become the “grammar police”? This behavior is partly the result of personality traits, according to U-M linguistics experts.
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March 28, 2016
Buckling up helps save others, not just yourself, study shows
If you think that not wearing a seat belt affects only yourself, think again, say researchers at the U-M Transportation Research Institute.
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March 25, 2016
A better 3-D camera with clear, graphene light detectors
A camera that can record 3-D images and video is under development at the University of Michigan, with $1.2 million in funding from the W.M. Keck Foundation.
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March 24, 2016
Medical marijuana reduces use of opioid pain medications
Patients using medical marijuana to control chronic pain reported a 64 percent reduction in their use of more traditional prescription pain medications known as opioids, a U-M study finds.
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March 21, 2016
Brief summaries of each Flint research project
Empowering Flint Youth Through Digital Storytelling: A Case Study The project is a collaboration among teachers at UM-Flint, UM-Dearborn, the Ann Arbor campus and the Genesee Early College at the Genesee Intermediate School District. The project will focus on teaching journalism and digital storytelling techniques to Flint students as part of a summer class on…
