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U-M astronomy will lead its first satellite mission
The first space mission led by the University of Michigan Department of Astronomy is scheduled to launch in 2029 with the support of a NASA grant worth $10 million.
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Government suspicion, conspiratorial thinking linked to historical harm in 3 communities, U-M report finds
More than half of residents surveyed in three Michigan communities believe significant events occur without public knowledge—a sentiment of government suspicion closely tied to conspiratorial thinking, according to a University of Michigan policy brief.
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We can farm more seafood while minimizing its impact on biodiversity, U-M research shows
Humanity can farm more food from the seas to help feed the planet while shrinking mariculture's negative impacts on biodiversity, according to new research led by the University of Michigan.
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Magnetic switch traps quantum information carriers in one dimension
A quantum "miracle material" could support magnetic switching, a team of researchers at the University of Regensburg and University of Michigan has shown.
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U-M enters agreement on UMCI residential housing
An agreement between the University of Michigan and Related Companies and Olympia Development of Michigan, developers of the residential housing building near the U-M Center for Innovation in Detroit, could mean more units for U-M faculty, staff and students.
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The state of the Great Lakes: U-M experts available to comment
Ahead of a Feb. 4 congressional briefing on Great Lakes science, University of Michigan experts are available to speak on trends in policy, weather, water quality and more in the world's largest freshwater system.
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Consumer sentiment down amid disagreements on new government policies
Consumer sentiment fell for the first time in six months, edging down 4% from December. While assessments of personal finances inched up for the fifth consecutive month, both the short- and long-run business outlook weakened in January, said economist Joanne Hsu, director of the University of Michigan's Surveys of Consumers.
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Stress in humans is bad, but for wild animals it can be lifesaving
Faced with relentless drought, capuchin monkeys showcased their remarkable resilience and provided the first data from wild primates to suggest that a stronger stress response promotes survival.
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Nearly half of Michigan law enforcement officials concerned about funding, according to U-M survey
Among Michigan law enforcement agency leaders, concerns about funding levels are widespread, with almost half of chiefs of police and county sheriffs saying the local governments they serve do not provide sufficient money for their agencies.
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US leaving World Health Organization: Now what?
President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization, of which the U.S. was a founding member and is an integral part, raises questions on how it might affect Americans and people around the world, especially in an anxious, post-pandemic era of infectious disease and global health threats.
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Trump’s birthright citizenship ban
Among his first actions after being sworn into office, President Trump signed an executive order that would end birthright citizenship, an effort to crackdown on immigration laws.
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‘Unprecedented’ level of control allows person without use of limbs to operate virtual quadcopter
A brain-computer interface, surgically placed in a research participant with tetraplegia, paralysis in all four limbs, provided an unprecedented level of control over a virtual quadcopter—just by thinking about moving his unresponsive fingers.
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Getting the most out of cosmic maps
Research led by the University of Michigan could help put cosmology on the inside track to reaching the full potential of telescopes and other instruments studying some of the universe's largest looming questions.
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