For the second straight year, the University of Michigan ranks first in research and development spending among the nation’s public universities, according to the latest numbers from the U.S. National Science Foundation.

Anthropologist John Mitani consults on Disneynature film Chimpanzee.

Study: African-Americans and Hispanics with major depressive disorder are less likely to get antidepressants than Caucasian patients, and Medicare and Medicaid patients are less likely to get the newest generation of antidepressants.

Video: Soaring into the future with unusual, autonomous, and unmanned aircraft.

Imagine two tango dancers sweeping across the dance floor and suddenly encountering a slick spot. To avoid a slip or even a nasty tumble, the pair must work together to support one another and glide safely through the stressful moment.

Study: Pregnant female geladas show an unusually high rate of miscarriage the day after the dominant male in their group is replaced by a new male.

A new power scheme for cardiac pacemakers turns to an unlikely source: vibrations from heartbeats themselves.

New research by U-M’s Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks and Suntae Kim shows that walking and even gesturing with your hands enhances creative problem-solving.

“We didn’t understand what mechanism might create a magnetic field, and even if it happened, we didn’t understand why the magnetic field is still there,” says U-M’s Paul Drake. “It has been a very enduring mystery.” But now it seems to have been solved.