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New molecular mechanism for Parkinson’s risk

University of Michigan
Categories Brain & Behavior, Health
M94 is a spiral galaxy located 16 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. University of Michigan doctoral student Katya Gozman investigated the galaxy’s halo to examine the galaxy’s merger history. Image credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA

Is that a bulge in your galaxy, or is Messier 94 just glad to see us?

University of Michigan
Categories Physics & Mathematics, Space
Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast. Image credit: iStock

Most ‘silent’ genetic mutations are harmful, not neutral

University of Michigan
Categories Health
Fig. 1. Spanking and physical abuse among 100 hypothetical children. Image courtesy of the researchers

Physical abuse less likely when spanking is eliminated

University of Michigan
Categories Brain & Behavior, Health, Social Sciences
Primary care clinicians can prescribe obesity medications as well as lifestyle change to people with obesity

What will it take to transform obesity care for all?

University of Michigan
Categories Health, Social Sciences
Photo by Aerial Associates Photography, Inc. (Zachary Haslick) via NOAA cc 2.0

Models predict that planned phosphorus reductions will make Lake Erie more toxic

University of Michigan
Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Life & Non-humans
Slide of cleared cancer cells

A nanoparticle and inhibitor trigger the immune system, outsmarting brain cancer

University of Michigan
Categories Brain & Behavior, Health, Technology
Horses and Gers near Khoton (Syrgal) Lake near the Altai Mountains of Mongolia. Image credit: Noost Bayarkhuu

Livestock and dairying led to dramatic social changes in ancient Mongolia

University of Michigan
Categories Life & Non-humans, Social Sciences
Caribou migrate across the tundra in Alaska. Image credit: iStock

Parasites reduce how much their wild hosts eat

University of Michigan
Categories Life & Non-humans
The star HD 222925 is a ninth-magnitude star located toward the southern constellation Tucana. Image credit: The STScI Digitized Sky Survey

Astronomers find ‘gold standard’ star in Milky Way

University of Michigan
Categories Physics & Mathematics, Space
Shoreline vegetation at Lake Bosumtwi, a crater lake in Ghana. Lake Bosumtwi was created by a meteorite impact around 1 million years ago and has been filling with sediments since then. Analysis of the sediment properties and microfossils has revealed insights into past ecosystem change around the crater. Image credit: William D. Gosling

Tropical vegetation benefits less from elevated atmospheric CO2 than thought

University of Michigan
Categories Earth, Energy & Environment
Illustration of red and blue boxing gloves.

Mentioning ‘white privilege’ increases online polarization

University of Michigan
Categories Social Sciences
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