Research News
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A brain training exercise that really does work
The exercise led to lasting improve- ments in the ability to reason and solve new problems.
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On the road again
Runners: ready to get back on the road, or build up for a race? U-M women’s cross country coach Mike McGuire offers tips for faster, safer recreational running.
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Sinus care 101: Spring cleaning for your nose
It’s allergy season. Doctors from the Michigan Sinus Center offer tips for keeping your symptoms in check.
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Squashed stars and a bungled theory
The hottest stars in the universe spin so fast that they get a bit squished at their poles and dimmer around their middle. A 90-year-old theory predicts the extent of this phenomenon—but a new U-M study shows that theory has major flaws. “It is surprising to me that von Zeipel’s law has been adopted in astronomy for such a long time,” says researcher Xiao Che.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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'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.
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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.
