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.

Study: Even though narcissists have grandiose self-perceptions, they also have fragile views of themselves, and often resort to aggression when their sense of superiority is threatened,

The drugs Avastin and Sutent have been looked at as potential breast cancer treatments. But while they do shrink tumors and slow the time till the cancer progresses, the effect does not last, and the cancer eventually regrows and spreads. Now U-M researchers have discovered why—and what can be done about it.

A U-M study shows that kids + TV – supervision = unhealthy snacking.

What do U-M profs, technology start – ups, and brain probes have in common?

A fascinating new invention could make it possible to use living insects, equipped with tiny battery packs and electronics, to enter hazardous environments and send back data and even video safely to first responders.

Under the cold clear waters of Lake Huron, U-M researchers have found a five-and-a-half foot-long, pole-shaped piece of wood that is 8,900 years old. It seems to have been carved by humans, and carried across a land bridge that no longer exists. The simple object may provide clues to long-enduring mysteries about Great Lakes history.