Research News

  1. Protecting the Great Lakes

    Striped invaders, toxic blooms, and rising waters are just some of the targets in U-M’s sights, as experts seek to defend our state’s precious waters.

  2. Brain drain

    The gap between income and achievement in school is well documented, but new research finds physiological differences in our poorest children’s brains.

  3. $1 million in quick wins and discoveries

    Autistic children, entrepreneurial artists, and aspiring educators set to benefit from grants for groundbreaking hypotheses.

  4. Solar Car Team goes for gold with ‘Aurum’

    Sleek 2015 model, “Aurum,” is named for “gold” in Latin. In October, the team will race 1,800 miles across the Outback.

  5. Robot, you can drive my car

    U-M opens Mcity, the world’s first controlled environment to test connected and automated vehicle technologies.

  6. U-M to test 3-D, automated 'SmartCarts'

    U-M students, professors, and staff may one day be zipping around campus aboard autonomous, 3D-printed electric vehicles.

  7. Is it OK to sleep on the job? "Yes," say U-M experts.

    Employees seeking to boost their productivity at work should take a nap — yes, sleeping on the job can be a good thing.

  8. Welles in his own words

    It was an archivist’s dream come true recently when the U-M Library staff unearthed portions of a raw draft of Orson Welles’ incomplete, unpublished memoir.

  9. Father's day

    Today’s father plays an increasingly substantial role as caregiver, but much of what we know about parenting focuses on mothers. U-M researchers are working to change that.