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  • Cindy and Craig Hawkins visit the HEART Clinic every week to meet with physical therapy and occupational therapy graduate students from UM-Flint. Image credit: Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography

    Rehab ready: Free clinic for stroke, Parkinson’s and other patients boosts quality of life

    The first time Craig Hawkins arrived at the free physical therapy clinic, the aftereffects of his stroke weighed heavy. He rolled up in a wheelchair with a tracheotomy, and had already exhausted his medical benefits.

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  • A forest on fire. Image credit: skeeze from Pixabay

    Canadian wildfires prompt US health warnings: U-M experts available

    Michigan and several states have issued air quality advisories as hundreds of Canadian wildfires continue to burn, sending plumes of smoke across the U.S. and leaving particles in the air that can be unhealthy for people and the environment. University of Michigan experts are available to discuss.

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  • Concept illustration of electric vehicles at a charging station. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Full electrification of Uber and Lyft vehicles would provide only modest benefits to society, study shows

    Both Uber and Lyft ride-hailing services have pledged to fully electrify their vehicle fleets by 2030 in the United States. The move would eliminate tailpipe pollution while shifting emissions to the power plants that provide electricity to charge EV batteries, likely resulting in a significant drop in overall emissions of climate-warming greenhouse gases.

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  • A molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE) system in the Goldman Group MBE Laboratory at the University of Michigan on June 1, 2023. Rachel Goldman, professor of materials science and engineering, is leading an interdisciplinary team of engineers and physicists that was awarded $7.5M by the Department of Defense to study "dislocations" and how to use them to transport electrons. Dislocations are linear defects within a material's atomic structure that have long been considered detrimental due to their tendency to impede the flow of electricity. This project will seek to take advantage of those defects due to their predicted ability to act as nano-pipelines within specific materials for channeling electrons and manipulating their spins. The MBE system will be used for growing various topological materials as part of this project. Image credit: Evan Dougherty/Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing

    $7.5M to harness atomic-scale defects for next-generation information processing

    Lines of shifted atoms, or dislocations, in electronic materials have long been considered detrimental due to their tendency to impede the flow of electricity. But a new $7.5 million project led by the University of Michigan will instead embrace these imperfections in next-generation electronic devices, possibly enabling faster and more efficient information processing.

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  • Concept illustration of cell plasticity. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Finding clues about the process of cell plasticity

    Researchers have long thought that once a cell starts down its path of differentiation, growing into a skin cell or a liver cell or a neuron, that path could not be changed.

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  • Science News 10 Scientists to Watch list includes Margorie Weber, evolutionary biologist

    U-M biologist named to Science News magazine’s Scientists to Watch list

    University of Michigan evolutionary ecologist Marjorie Weber has been named to Science News magazine's annual Scientists to Watch list, which recognizes 10 young researchers "for their potential to shape the science of the future."

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  • Concept photo of a pride flag outside a retail business. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    U-M expert: Backlash against Pride Month tests corporate commitment, marketers’ mettle

    University of Michigan marketing expert Marcus Collins says Pride Month has become, in many ways, as accepted in the American cultural calendar as celebrations of Black history or Hispanic heritage.

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  • A shrimp boat trawls for shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico. Image credit: Brendan Turley, NOAA Fisheries

    NOAA forecasts below-average summer ‘dead zone’ in Gulf of Mexico

    A team of scientists including a University of Michigan aquatic ecologist is forecasting a summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico that will cover an estimated 4,155 square miles, which is below the 5,364-square-mile average over the 36-year history of dead zone measurements in the region.

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  • Yves Nazon, PhD student in Professor Elliott Rouse's Neurobionics Lab (blue polo shirt), works with a research subject Therese Nkeng to measure mechanical properties of the knee joint, such as torque and displacement, as a research subject encounters unexpected forces while walking. This will be used to improve how assistive devices might help users during similar unexpected events, such as tripping, slipping, or falling. In related work, Rouse's lab will study properties of the ankle joint in a new $3.1M NIH-funded grant to help those who have difficulty walking following a stroke. Image credit: Marcin Szczepanski/Lead Multimedia Storyteller, Michigan Engineering

    $3.1M to transform post-stroke mobility treatment

    A close look at how the ankle functions after a stroke could ultimately improve the mobility and rehabilitation outcomes for more than 40 million stroke survivors worldwide who experience persistent walking difficulties.

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  • Concept illustration of a teen using social media. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    U-M expert shares thoughts on next steps after US report on social media’s effects on youth

    A University of Michigan public policy expert who has reviewed the U.S. surgeon general's advisory outlining social media's profound risks to children's mental health says policymakers will need a great deal more data before making any formal recommendations.

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  • The protein appears as a lumpy gray mass, made up of hundreds of balls stuck together. One of the longer lumps has a roughly U-shaped nanoparticle, made up of six or so balls, wrapped around it. That protrusion is about two or three times the diameter of a single ball in length, and one or two in diameter.

    Nanobiotics: AI for discovering where and how nanoparticles bind with proteins

    Identifying whether and how a nanoparticle and protein will bind with one another is an important step toward being able to design antibiotics and antivirals on demand, and a computer model developed at the University of Michigan can do it.

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  • Concept photo of an affirmative action protestor. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourne

    Expert: Nationwide affirmative action ban would undermine education quality in college

    The U.S. Supreme Court will determine the fate of affirmative action this summer, ruling on lawsuits challenging the admissions systems at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. University of Michigan law professor Evan Caminker, who teaches U.S. constitutional law, is available to comment.

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  • A doctor examines an MRI. Image credit: iStock

    Women’s gymnastics leads NCAA sports with most preseason concussions

    Women's gymnastics has the highest rate of preseason concussion of all NCAA sports, with women gymnasts experiencing concussions at a rate 50% higher than football players.

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