Research News
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Ancient beads or Stone-Age ‘likes’?
Anthropologists believe early humans exchanged eggshell beads to affirm connections and update their relationship status. Sound familiar?
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The nature of pain: Approach brings relief without opioids
U-M launches an outreach program to teach clinicians more about the different types of pain and approaches to relief that are nonaddictive and more effective than opioids.
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Can’t resist tempting food? Scientists explore why
As research in rats reveals a key brain pathway, neuroscientists contemplate how to translate findings in animals to understanding of human compulsions involving food or drugs.
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Toward a portable concussion detector that relies on an infrared laser
Doctors and engineers collaborate on a noninvasive way to measure whether brain cells are in distress using an infrared laser. The new device could enable concussions to be diagnosed on the sidelines of an athletic event.
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Can data preserve peace?
U-M political scientist J. David Singer founded the Correlates of War Project in 1963 to assess, analyze, and predict the factors that lead to wars. Ironically, the project grew out of a ‘peace studies’ program.
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Producing ‘green methane’ with artificial photosynthesis
A solar-powered catalyst uses artificial photosynthesis to turn carbon dioxide into methane. We could be recycling smokestack CO2 within 5-10 years, researchers say.
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A new drug slows aging in mice. What about us?
U-M researchers are seeing success with anti-aging drugs in the lab. Potential exists to postpone age-related diseases in humans and extend lifespan.
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U-M reports record $1.62B in FY19 research spending
Priorities reflect U-M’s focus on serving society: preventing chronic disease, addressing the opioid crisis, protecting the Great Lakes, and more.
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Migratory birds shrinking as climate warms
A four-decade record shows North American birds are getting smaller and their wings are getting longer. Both changes appear to be responses to the climate.