Research News
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Lake-bottom robot tracks toxicity
A new research tool to safeguard drinking water is keeping a watchful eye on Lake Erie.
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Highway star
Researchers use new technologies at Mcity to test the boundaries and expand the capacities of smart, connected, and driverless vehicles.
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Does exercise affect the brain's aging process?
Most people know regular exercise can keep a body looking and feeling young. But what does it do for your noggin?
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Can math help explain our bodies?
The legacy of mathematician Alan Turing inspires researchers to create computer models to explore ‘the beauty of us.’
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Not your father's time capsule
Students prepare to launch a time capsule into orbit to mark U-M’s bicentennial. The plan is to retrieve it in 100 years.
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Research at a glance
The total volume of research at U-M reached a record high $1.39 billion in fiscal year 2016, marking ambitious partnerships and innovations.
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Into the woods
From bobcats to badgers and fawns to foxes, U-M camera-trap project captures hundreds of thousands of Michigan wildlife selfies.
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Fighting the opioid epidemic
A U-M team is striking back at a key factor in the opioid epidemic: prescriptions for patients, pre- and post-surgery.
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Dig this
Thumb-area teachers help U-M paleontologists excavate prehistoric mastodon bones, which could be 13,000 years old.