‘Junk DNA’ Plays Crucial Role Holding Genomes Together
Researchers at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have determined how satellite DNA, considered to be “junk DNA,”…
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Astronomers Discover a Hot Jupiter System with Two Additional Planets
Using data collected by the K2 mission, astronomers from the University of Michigan reveal that a hot Jupiter system has two close-in planetary companions, leading…
Astronomers Identify the Smallest Supermassive Black Hole to Date
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the 6.5-meter Clay Telescope, a team of astronomers has identified the smallest supermassive black hole ever detected in the…
Physicists Demonstrate Ponderomotive Spectroscopy
In a new study, researchers at the University of Michigan detail how they used light to study and control matter with 1,000 times better resolution…
Research Shows There is a Medical Benefit to Reducing D2B Time
Newly published research reveals that doctors and emergency medical personnel have reduced the amount of time it takes to treat emergency heart patients, and shows…
Hearing Restored in Noise-Deafened Mice
Using advanced tools to boost the production of a key protein in the ears of mice, a team of scientists has restored the hearing of…
A Closer Look Into the Heart of a Magnetic Storm
In an effort to better understand coronal mass ejections and their potential effects on human technology, a newly published study takes a detailed look a…
Researchers Develop a New Method for Producing Graphene
Researchers at MIT and the University of Michigan have come up with a way of producing graphene directly on materials such as large sheets of…
Graphene Light Detector Has the Potential to Put Heat Vision Technology into a Contact Lens
Researchers from the University of Michigan used an insulating barrier layer between two graphene sheets to develop the first graphene photodetectors with ultra-broadband and high…
Researchers Combine Excited States of Two Materials into a New Quantum Mechanical State
A team of researchers has taken the excited states of two principally different materials and combined them into a new quantum mechanical state that shares…
Study Shows Electrical Activity in the Brain after Clinical Death
A newly published animal study from the University of Michigan shows high electrical activity in the brain after clinical death, providing the first scientific framework…
Researchers Target an Aspect of Down Syndrome
A new study examines the impact of elevated Down syndrome cell-adhesion molecule (Dscam) on how neurons develop, finding that in the fruit fly Drosophila the…
3D Printed Airway Splint Saves Baby’s Life
A new study details how medical professionals from the University of Michigan were able to save a baby’s life by restoring his breathing using a…
Physicists Discover First Direct Evidence of Pear Shaped Nuclei in Exotic Atoms
A newly published study details the how physicists discovered the first direct evidence of pear shaped nuclei in exotic atoms, a finding that could help…
Presence of Water in the Primary Crust Indicates that the Early Moon was Wet
New findings from the University of Michigan indicate that the early moon was wet and that water there was not substantially lost during the moon’s…
Asthma Drug May Lead to New Treatments for Diabetes and Obesity
A newly published study from the University of Michigan found that a currently available asthma drug reverses obesity, diabetes and fatty liver in mice. Ann…
Nanoscale Coating Repels Virtually Any Liquid
Engineers at the University of Michigan have developed a nanoscale coating that can repel virtually any liquid, possibly leading to breathable protective wear for soldiers…
Anthropologists Seek to Protect Chimpanzees of the Ugandan Jungle
This fifteen minute video shows how the presence of a Yale anthropologist and his colleagues from the University of Michigan help keep chimpanzees safe from…