Research
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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?
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March 13, 2015
Build your own Siri: An open-source digital assistant
An open-source computing system you command with your voice like Apple’s Siri is designed to spark a new generation of “intelligent personal assistants” for wearables and other devices. It could also lead to much-needed advancements in the datacenter infrastructure to support them.
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March 10, 2015
Coin toss is best bet for March Madness bracket success
As the NCAA men’s basketball tournament approaches, a U-M researcher says flipping a coin offers the best hope for a winning March Madness bracket.
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March 10, 2015
‘Elite’ degrees give African Americans little advantage in job market
Black job applicants with degrees from elite universities only do as well as white candidates from less selective universities, U-M research shows.
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March 6, 2015
Ultra-small Block ‘M’ illustrates big ideas in drug delivery
By making what might be the world’s smallest three-dimensional unofficial Block “M,” University of Michigan researchers have demonstrated a nanoparticle manufacturing process capable of producing multilayered, precise shapes.
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March 6, 2015
Gas guzzlers on the decline
In 2008, half of new-car buyers in the U.S. bought vehicles that were rated at less than 20 mpg. Today, just over a quarter do so.
