Research
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January 15, 2016
Heat radiates 10,000 times faster at the nanoscale
When heat travels between two objects that aren’t touching, it flows differently at the smallest scales — distances on the order of the diameter of DNA, or 1/50,000 of a human hair.
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January 15, 2016
Lie-detecting software uses real court case data
By studying videos from high-stakes court cases, University of Michigan researchers are building unique lie-detecting software based on real-world data.
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January 15, 2016
Magic mold: Food preservative kills cancer cells, superbugs
Nisin, a naturally occurring food preservative that grows on dairy products, delivers a one-two punch to two of medicine’s most lethal maladies: cancer and deadly, antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
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January 15, 2016
Low-resistance tires improve fuel economy
Switching to tires with low rolling resistance may save gas and money, says a University of Michigan researcher.
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January 14, 2016
University, IBM partnering on artificial intelligence project
U-M and IBM have launched a $4.5 million collaboration that will seek to help solve one of the grand challenges of artificial intelligence.
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January 11, 2016
Ford, U-M testing autonomous cars in snow at Mcity
Typical autonomous-vehicle sensors are useless on snow-covered roads, but researchers at U-M and Ford Motor Co. are collaborating on a solution.
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January 11, 2016
Phantom cell phone vibration may be a symptom of ‘high ringxiety’
Do you think you hear your cell phone ring or ping, or feel it vibrate, but then look to find no call or message? You may have what a U-M researcher calls ‘high ringxiety.”
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January 8, 2016
The gender gap in venture capital explored
Gender bias in venture capital, particularly in Silicon Valley, has grabbed a number of headlines with stories of challenges that women-led startups face.
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January 5, 2016
Negative news about Muslims fuels support for policies against them
News stories depicting Muslims as terrorists have fueled racism and anger among many non-Muslim Americans, who support civil restrictions and military action in Muslim countries, a new study shows.
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December 16, 2015
Teen cigarette smoking drops to historic low in 2015
Cigarette smoking among teens in grades eight, 10 and 12 continued a decades-long decline in 2015 and reached the lowest levels recorded since annual tracking began 41 years ago. The percentage of students saying that they smoked at all in the prior 30 days fell for the three grades combined from 8 percent to 7…
