A team of Medical School researchers recently received a four-year federal grant to study the impacts of marijuana on conditions related to cancer, glaucoma, pain.

Once upon a time, baby boomers were typecast as feckless do-nothings who cared only for sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll. Lately, however, people born between 1946 and 1964 have taken on a new role: workaholic. According to a new U-M study, boomers now hitting retirement age are hanging onto their jobs like never before. In fact, some are forgetting to retire altogether.

Video: U-M doctors made history recently when they used computer modeling and laser technology to design, fabricate, and implant a customized tracheal splint into a gravely ill infant. The groundbreaking procedure required emergency clearance from the Food and Drug Administration.

An international team of physicists has found the first direct evidence of pear-shaped nuclei in exotic atoms. The findings could advance the search for a new fundamental force in nature and explain why the Big Bang created more matter than antimatter—a pivotal imbalance in the history of, well, everything.

Every cell in our bodies runs on a 24-hour clock, tuned to the night-day, light-dark cycles that have ruled us since the dawn of humanity. New research shows that clock may be broken in the brains of people with depression.

Video: The U.S. Dept. of Defense recently blamed China’s military for cyber attacks on American systems. Just how do these attacks occur, what kind of damage can they create, and how can we combat them?

Scientists have identified how much pain people feel by looking at images of their brains. The research may set the stage to objectively measure anxiety, depression, anger, and more.

You’re not done with high school when you go to college, according to a new study of student culture. An in-depth look at the lives of young women shows the high school peer culture that divides students into homecoming queens, wannabes, and nerds thrives in college.

Mars has lost much of its original atmosphere, but what’s left remains active, according to recent findings from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity.