Research News

  1. Turning toilet water into energy and drinking water

    U-M professor Lutgarde Raskin and her collaborators have developed what’s called an “anaerobic membrane bioreactor” that could make it possible to turn municipal wastewater into energy.

  2. Someone to lean on

    A new program at U-M aims to help patients with depression manage their symptoms by making someone who cares about them an important part of their treatment.

  3. Older and stronger

    Older adults don’t have to accept the loss of strength and muscle. Even people in their 70s and 80s can build “significant strength improvement” with simple exercises.

  4. 'We've all been taught that this doesn't happen'

    In a surprise discovery that overturns a century-old tenet of physics, U-M professor Stephen Rand and his team found that a light field can generate magnetic effects that are 100 million times stronger than previously expected. The discovery could lead to a revolution in solar power.

  5. Invasive mussels causing massive ecological changes in Great Lakes

    The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels—the zebra and quagga—is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae, resulting in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multibillion-dollar U.S. commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries.

  6. Computers that fit on a pen tip

    Recent advances by U-M researchers are significant milestones in the march toward millimeter-scale computing, believed to be the next electronics frontier.

  7. Why are you living together?

    Ask cohabiting men and women, and you get very different views about what their relationship means and where it’s going.

  8. Mammograms from age 40 save lives

    So says a U-M study that looks at whether it’s best to start regular screening at 40 or 50.

  9. Powerful 3-D X-rays for kids in braces should be the exception, not the rule

    Some orthodontists may be exposing young patients to unnecessary radiation when they order 3-D X-ray imaging for simple orthodontic cases before considering traditional 2-D imaging.