Research News
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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.
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$1 million in quick wins and discoveries
Autistic children, entrepreneurial artists, and aspiring educators set to benefit from grants for groundbreaking hypotheses.
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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.
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Robot, you can drive my car
U-M opens Mcity, the world’s first controlled environment to test connected and automated vehicle technologies.
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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.
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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.
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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dream come true recently when the U-M Library staff unearthed portions of a raw draft of Orson Welles’ incomplete, unpublished memoir.
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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.
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Chimps & salsa
Meet a U-M primatologist with a burrito stand and big plans to protect some chimps, build some classrooms, and fortify a fragile ecosystem in Uganda.