Health
Sugar is processed differently in the brains of obesity-prone vs. obesity-resistant rats
On a diet? Perhaps you’re avoiding sweets or carbs altogether or curbing late-night munchies.
Feb 3, 2023
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Earth & Environment
EV transition will benefit most US vehicle owners, but lowest-income Americans could get left behind
More than 90% of vehicle-owning households in the United States would see a reduction in the percentage of income spent on transportation energy—the gasoline or electricity that powers their cars, SUVs and pickups—if they switched to electric vehicles.
Jan 20, 2023
Health
Bias against older organ donors may be leading to smaller organ supply for transplants
American transplant centers as well as organ procurement organizations, the groups responsible for recovering organs from deceased donors in the United States…
Nov 17, 2022
Health
National poll: 2 in 3 parents say their child is self-conscious about their appearance
The majority of adolescents and teens are self-conscious about their appearance, a new national poll suggests.
Sep 19, 2022
Health
Many older adults look beyond conventional medicine for help, but few talk to their doctors about it
Nearly 40% of older adults currently use at least one integrative medicine strategy to try to ease symptoms of a physical or mental health issue, or to help them relax, a new poll finds.
Jul 26, 2022
Physics
Solar-powered chemistry uses carbon dioxide and water to make feedstock for fuels, chemicals
Solar-powered synthesis gas could recycle carbon dioxide into fuels and useful chemicals, an international team of researchers has shown.
Jul 7, 2022
Earth & Environment
Models predict that planned phosphorus reductions will make Lake Erie more toxic
Reducing levels of the nutrient phosphorus to control harmful algal blooms in places like Lake Erie is actually advantageous to toxic cyanobacteria strains, which can lead to an increase in toxins in the water, according to a new modeling study.
May 27, 2022
Life
Avian secret: The key to agile bird flight is switching quickly between stable and unstable gliding
While it had been assumed that unstable gliding was the key to agility in bird flight, a collaboration between aerospace engineers at the University of Michigan and biologists at the University of British Columbia revealed that stability plays a role.
Mar 11, 2022
Health
Workers returning to the office soon become more optimistic about COVID-19 safety
As people inch closer to returning to work after staying home during the pandemic, they tend to downplay the risks of getting a COVID-19 infection, according to new research.
Mar 7, 2022
Technology
Greater greenhouse gas reductions for pickup truck electrification than for other light-duty vehicles
Major automotive manufacturers are ramping up production of electric trucks as a key strategy to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of their vehicles.
Mar 4, 2022
Technology
What’s inside a black hole? Physicist uses quantum computing, machine learning to find out
Dude, what if everything around us was just … a hologram? The thing is, it could be—and a University of Michigan physicist is using quantum computing and machine learning to better understand the idea, called holographic duality.
Feb 15, 2022
Health
Lockdowns during early pandemic saved lives, but not a go-to strategy moving forward
The U.S. pandemic lockdown in 2020 caused a $2.3 trillion economic downturn and split the nation politically, and now some European nations are locking down again as Omicron surges through the global population.
Jan 21, 2022
Brain & Behavior
Ever was it thus? 4 in 5 parents say children today aren’t as thankful as they should be
As families prepare to celebrate a holiday focused on gratitude, many parents say their children aren’t as thankful as they should be.
Nov 22, 2021
Health
Simple, synthetic structure that mimics surface of SARS-CoV-2 mounts robust immune response in mice
In a viral infection, what’s the signal from the virus that alerts the immune system to produce protective neutralizing antibodies?
Nov 18, 2021