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  A leaky sink: Carbon emissions from forest soil will likely grow with rising temperatures

  The soils of northern forests are key reservoirs that help keep the carbon dioxide that trees inhale and use for photosynthesis from making it back into the atmosphere.

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  Poll position: Opinion surveys still matter

  Whether it's the polls' margin of error or their fairness and accuracy, the information can become important for some voters in their election choices. And do the polls matter since the presidential winner will be determined by the Electoral College? "Yes," said Michael Traugott, University of Michigan professor emeritus of political science and communication studies, and research professor emeritus at the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research.

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  Cannabis, hallucinogen use among adults still at historic highs

  The percentages of adults using cannabis and hallucinogens over the past year stayed at historically high levels in 2023, according to the latest findings from the University of Michigan's Monitoring the Future survey.

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  U-M business expert shares insights from panel formed to examine infant formula crisis

  Researchers nationwide probed the systemic causes of the 2022 infant formula shortage, finding numerous production failures and risks exposed by the shortage, as well as recommending regulations to policymakers. Ross Professor Ravi Anupindi, vice chair of the study overseen by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, discusses the researchers' work.

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  Going for Gold: U-M experts can discuss the 2024 Paralympic Games

  The 2024 Paralympic Games will begin Aug. 28 and run through Sep. 8. University of Michigan experts are available to discuss key topics related to the games, including personal and evolution of adaptive sports at the global, national and collegiate levels.

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  In six new rogue worlds, Webb Telescope finds more star birth clues

  An international collaboration that included the University of Michigan has spotted six likely rogue worlds—objects with planetlike masses but untethered from any star’s gravity—using the James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST. The discovery includes the lightest rogue planet candidate ever identified with a dusty disk around it. The elusive objects offer new evidence that the Read more

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  Gaps in firearms relinquishment laws may weaken court orders, increase illegal gun possession

  State and federal laws across the United States prohibiting firearm possession in cases of domestic violence often lack enforcement mechanisms, which may lead to continued possession of firearms despite court orders, according to a University of Michigan study.

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  LZ experiment sets new record in search for dark matter

  One of the greatest puzzles in the universe is figuring out the nature of dark matter, the invisible substance that makes up most of the mass in our universe. New results from the world's most sensitive dark matter detector, LUX-ZEPLIN, have narrowed down possibilities for one of the leading dark matter candidates: weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs.

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  Former U-M President James Duderstadt dies at 81

  University of Michigan President Emeritus James J. Duderstadt, who devoted his academic career to an institution he shaped with his zeal for technology, innovation and equality, died Aug. 21 at age 81.

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  Support for carbon capture positive overall, but varies by group and aspect of technology

  A range of technical and policy approaches are being considered to mitigate global climate change. Whether and how these approaches are prioritized or abandoned often depends directly on public approval. For one such technology—carbon capture and utilization (CCU)—public support depends on which aspect of the technology is being considered and which people are considering it, Read more

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  U-M research forecasts warmer, rainier winter storms ahead for Great Lakes region

  Anyone who’s spent their winter months around the Great Lakes has probably had the uncanny experience of living through three seasons in a single weekend. According to new research from the University of Michigan, these wild weather swings are poised to become even more common in the future. Behind this forecast is an analysis spanning Read more

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  U-M business experts: After years of research, there’s still much to mine—and learn—about insider trading

  FACULTY Q&A Nejat Seyhun and Cindy Schipani are among the most knowledgeable scholars on insider trading, having individually or collectively contributed to more than two dozen studies on the topic and whose research has the ear of Wall Street’s watch dogs. Yet, the professors at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business are still Read more

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  Why entrepreneurship education fails in impoverished regions

  As formal employment opportunities are rare in impoverished regions, entrepreneurship is considered a key alternative to help people in such regions improve their livelihoods. Many development organizations have adopted a market-based approach to alleviating poverty, offering entrepreneurship education and training programs to help microentrepreneurs innovate in their businesses.

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