Research
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October 30, 2015
Prescription pain relievers place teens at risk for future drug misuse
High school students who legitimately use an opioid prescription are one-third more likely to abuse the drug by age 23 than those with no history of the prescription, according to a new University of Michigan study.
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October 30, 2015
Local leaders worry about retiree health care benefits
Health care benefits for retirees of Michigan’s local governmental units are presenting significant fiscal challenges, and more than half of local officials surveyed indicate they are concerned they won’t be able to fulfill their obligations.
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October 30, 2015
Clues suggest hunting led to extinction of woolly mammoths
Chemical clues about weaning age embedded in the tusks of juvenile Siberian woolly mammoths suggest that hunting, rather than climate change, was the primary cause of the elephant-like animal’s extinction.
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October 28, 2015
Economics professor gets $2.1M from NSF for big data project
An economics faculty member has received a National Science Foundation grant to help determine how individuals and families have changed across the 20th century.
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October 21, 2015
More happiness gained by using Snapchat than Facebook
Snapchat use actually predicts more social enjoyment and positive mood than Facebook and other social media, according to a new U-M study.
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October 19, 2015
Antarctic researchers study climate change where penguins roam
For a team of U-M researchers studying ancient glacial ice core samples from Antarctica, the frozen continent is a cold, quiet and fascinating place to work.
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October 16, 2015
Socializing helps elderly modify interactions
Despite the stereotype that older adults often ramble or talk off topic, seniors who enjoy socializing are able to adapt their conversations to a listener’s age, a University of Michigan researcher says.
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October 16, 2015
Four biological kingdoms influence disease transmission in butterflies
Experiments with monarch butterfly caterpillars and the milkweed plants on which they feed have shown for the first time that interactions across four biological kingdoms can influence disease transmission.
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October 9, 2015
Battling obesity in the classroom with exercise
U-M researchers hope to find ways to redesign classrooms and develop a curriculum to add in two-minute exercise breaks throughout the day — “a prescription for physical activity” — and incorporate the additional fitness as seamlessly as possible for teachers.
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October 6, 2015
U-M receives NIH grant to develop tools to reduce disease risk
U-M researchers have been awarded $2.4 million through the National Institutes of Health to lead a team that hopes to advance the field of epigenetics.
