Science & Technology

  1. Containment efforts appear to step COVID-19 spread down from exponential norm March 20, 2020
  2. COVID-19 pandemic disrupts U-M research projects far and wide March 19, 2020
  3. ‘Sensory danger zones’: How sensory pollution impacts animal survival March 16, 2020
  4. U-M ecologist awarded Moore Foundation grant to study symbiosis in aquatic systems March 11, 2020
  5. The axion solves three mysteries of the universe March 10, 2020
  6. Nonthermal plasma can inactivate airborne viral threat to pigs March 10, 2020
  7. Stone-age ‘likes’: Study establishes eggshell beads exchanged over 30,000 years March 9, 2020
  8. ‘Cheap fake’ video making the rounds today likely won’t be the last March 9, 2020
  9. ‘It’s like you have a hand again’: An ultra-precise mind-controlled prosthetic March 4, 2020
  10. Smallest Homo erectus cranium in Africa and diverse stone tools found at Gona, Ethiopia March 4, 2020
  11. Super-urinators among the mangroves: Excretory gifts from estuary’s busiest fish promote ecosystem health February 26, 2020
  12. A passenger airplane will advance a U-Michigan-led satellite mission to understand climate February 24, 2020
  13. First genetic evidence of resistance in some bats to white-nose syndrome, a devastating fungal disease February 20, 2020
  14. U-M, Coursera offer Chinese learners nearly free access to online courses amid coronavirus outbreak February 19, 2020
  15. Tips for extending the lifetime of lithium-ion batteries February 17, 2020
  16. Leung Tsang elected to the National Academy of Engineering February 12, 2020
  17. ‘Alexa, let’s chat!’: U-M among 10 student teams worldwide advancing conversational AI February 11, 2020
  18. U-M team targets muscular dystrophy in mice February 7, 2020
  19. Probing the genetic basis of Roundup resistance in morning glory, a noxious agricultural weed February 3, 2020
  20. Nanospirals that form as molten metals solidify could be key to new materials—and even invisibility January 31, 2020