Research

  1. March 6, 2015

    New (road) signs of the times?

    Traffic accidents claim lives, cause injury and cost money. Working on ways to reduce them is a constant battle.

  2. March 6, 2015

    How to succeed in business without sucking up

    Many people seem to think that landing a big-time appointment — like a spot on a company’s board — is all about who you know. But new research from Jim Westphal, professor of strategy at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, shows that it’s more about how you think about and interact with who you know.

  3. March 6, 2015

    Web app prompts important sexual health testing

    A personalized Web app designed to encourage young men at risk for sexually transmitted diseases to go for testing has proven successful in a small trial conducted in Southeast Michigan.

  4. March 6, 2015

    Women veterans with chest pain heavier, more depressed than men

    Women veterans getting medical attention for chest pain were younger and more likely to be obese, depressed and suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder than male veterans, according to a study published in an American Heart Association journal.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. February 24, 2015

    Passive Facebook use undermines how a person feels

    Using Facebook only to scroll through one’s news feed or browse other people’s profiles can have a negative impact on the user’s well-being, says a U-M researcher.

  8. February 23, 2015

    Major funding increase needed to fix roads, local leaders tell survey

    Fewer than one in five local leaders surveyed by U-M’s Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy consider their roads to be in good condition.

  9. February 20, 2015

    Examining flawed studies for policies used to promote ‘low-carbon’ biofuels

    Nearly all of the studies used to promote biofuels as climate-friendly alternatives to petroleum fuels are flawed and need to be redone, according to a University of Michigan researcher who reviewed more than 100 papers published over more than two decades.

  10. February 20, 2015

    Driverless vehicles: Fewer cars, more miles

    Autonomous vehicles may reduce the number of vehicles a family needs, but may lead to an increase in total miles driven, say researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.