An online class helps individuals learn about sleep disorders and the value of good sleep habits. The course is taught by sleep clinicians and national academic leaders at U-M with guest experts from several other institutions.

Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases which cause loss of sight by damaging the optic nerve. U-M study leverages multi-source, composite estimates of the prevalence of glaucoma and vision-affecting glaucoma in the U.S. for individuals aged 18 and older. Both total glaucoma and vision-affecting glaucoma vary by demographic factors.

While the vast majority of people over 50 look for health information on the internet, a poll shows 74% would have very little or no trust in such information if it were generated by artificial intelligence. Meanwhile, 20% of older adults have little or no confidence that they could spot misinformation about a health topic if they came across it.

A growing body of evidence shows the incidence of many common cancers has been increasing in Americans younger than 50 since the 1980s. U-M researchers are investigating the causes of early-onset cancer — and how to reduce one’s risk.

The University reported a record $2.04 billion in research volume during fiscal year 2024, marking the first time its annual research expenditures have exceeded the $2 billion mark.

The Space Power and Propulsion for Agility, Responsiveness, and Resilience Institute involves eight universities and 14 industry partners and advisers in one of the nation’s largest efforts to advance space power and propulsion. The institute will be the first to bring fast chemical rockets together with efficient electric propulsion powered by a nuclear microreactor.

Some of the first data from an international space mission is confirming decades worth of speculation about the galactic neighborhoods of supermassive black holes. More exciting than the data, though, is the fact that the long-awaited satellite behind it—the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission or XRISM—is just getting started providing such unparalleled insights.

Coastal communities are partnering with a multidisciplinary research team to determine the best way to harvest wave energy at Beaver Island, Michigan, and Nags Head, North Carolina. Wave energy could power millions of homes, but to make a splash in the industry, the tech must balance engineering, socio-economic and environmental trade-offs, researchers say.

Research-driven collaboration with community leaders is nothing new, but the Michigan-Mellon Project on the Egalitarian Metropolis tweaked the model in a subtle but profound way. Faculty leaders prioritized history, literature, and the visual arts on the mission toward Detroit’s inclusive recovery. With a decade’s worth of results on the books, they’ve built a convincing case for the humanities.