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Building reliable AI models requires understanding the people behind the datasets
Social media companies are increasingly using complex algorithms and artificial intelligence to detect offensive behavior online.
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New guiding principles urgently needed for Great Lakes stewardship, U-M researchers say
The tools and policies that worked to significantly reduce threats to the Great Lakes over the past century are ill-equipped to handle today's complex and interrelated challenges.
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U-M team that developed noninvasive surgical treatment to receive highest honor for innovation
A team of researchers from the University of Michigan's College of Engineering and Medical School invented and developed histotripsy, and their efforts to bring it to the clinic to address human disease has earned them this year's Distinguished University Innovator Award.
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U-M partners with Zingerman’s to expand access to naloxone
In an effort to expand the use of lifesaving opioid overdose reversal medication, the University of Michigan and Ann Arbor’s Zingerman’s Community of Businesses are launching a restaurant-based pilot program in Michigan to train employees in the use and administration of naloxone. In partnership with U-M’s Opioid Research Institute and Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network, Zingerman’s Read more
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U-M researchers play role in creating new California privacy choice icon
California recently enacted a new online privacy icon designed to empower users with greater control over their personal information.
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Teens engaged in activism become better critical thinkers, U-M study finds
Youth involved in community-based activism over time become better critical thinkers and more politically active, according to a new University of Michigan study.
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Cracking in lithium-ion batteries speeds up electric vehicle charging
Rather than being solely detrimental, cracks in the positive electrode of lithium-ion batteries reduce battery charge time, research done at the University of Michigan shows.
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Trump indicted for efforts to overturn 2020 election: U-M experts offer insight
University of Michigan experts can discuss the federal indictment of former President Donald Trump, in which he's been accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election and block the peaceful transition of presidential power.
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U-M releases data from Facebook, Instagram study on 2020 presidential election
The Social Media Archive at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research has released data focusing on the impact of Facebook and Instagram on key political attitudes during the U.S. 2020 elections.
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Michigan local leaders’ views on employee unions: Few changes as ‘right-to-work’ comes and goes
A majority of local government leaders across Michigan say the state's recently repealed "right-to-work" law has had no impact on relationships between the jurisdictions' government and employee unions.
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Semiconductor workforce program increases access to hands-on training
In a program designed to help grow the U.S. semiconductor workforce, a cohort of college students from across the country are spending summer at the University of Michigan learning how to make, study and improve advanced semiconductors.
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Record heat, climate change: What experts want us to know
The extreme heat and weather that's plaguing much of the U.S. and many countries around the world may be just the tip of the iceberg as the world feels the effects, experts say, of accumulating climate change that's leaving humans—and animals—to try to adapt, to stay cool and safe, the most vulnerable people often ending up in hospitals or dying.
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$7.5M to advance nuclear energy awarded to U-M
In an effort to speed the licensing of advanced nuclear reactors, ensure that communities are respected during reactor siting, monitor and limit corrosion in nuclear reactors, and more, the Department of Energy has awarded $7.5 million to Michigan Engineering researchers.
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