Research
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March 27, 2015
Gasoline use at lowest rate in three decades
Average fuel consumption by American drivers is at its lowest level in at least 30 years, says a University of Michigan researcher.
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March 27, 2015
Thinking of drinking and driving? What if your car won’t let you?
If every new car made in the United States had a built-in blood alcohol level tester that prevented impaired drivers from driving the vehicle, how many lives could be saved, injuries prevented and injury-related dollars left unspent?
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March 27, 2015
Do government technology investments pay off?
Studies confirm that IT investments in companies improve productivity and efficiency. University of Michigan professor M.S. Krishnan wondered if the same was true for government.
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March 27, 2015
Moms talking math to preschoolers equals knowledgeable kids
Preschool children improve their math skills when their mothers talk to them about math during meal times.
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March 20, 2015
Consistency is the key to success in bread baking and biology
Whether you’re baking bread or building an organism, the key to success is consistently adding ingredients in the correct order and in the right amounts, according to a new genetic study by University of Michigan researchers.
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March 20, 2015
Raising minimum age to buy cigarettes will reduce smoking
Increasing the minimum age of legal access to tobacco products will prevent or delay tobacco use by adolescents and young adults, particularly those ages 15 to 17, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.
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March 20, 2015
Predatory snails evolved diverse venoms to subdue wide range of prey
A new study by University of Michigan biologists suggests that some predatory marine cone snails evolved a highly diverse set of venoms that enables them to capture and paralyze a broad range of prey species.
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March 18, 2015
Stronger ethics policies needed, local leaders say in poll
A new poll shows a majority of local officials in Michigan think their peers are mostly ethical, although just less than half would say the same about state legislators.
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March 17, 2015
Study looks at health care spending by those younger than 65
New research from the School of Public Health paints a picture of health care spending by the group most targeted under the Affordable Care Act.
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March 13, 2015
More than half of parents want to know disease risks for selves, kids
Would you want to know if you or your children had risk of hereditary cancer, a genetic risk for cardiovascular disease or carried the gene associated with developing Alzheimer’s disease — even if they were risks that wouldn’t be relevant for possibly decades or didn’t have a cure?
