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Interactive digital platform helps elementary students boost reading skills faster

Amit Malewar

Study shows roadmap learning platform improves engagement and literacy among young learners

Magnetic switch traps
Quantum Physics

Quantum miracle material to enable magnetic switching

Amit Malewar

Magnetic switch traps quantum information carriers in one dimension

PDS-70-system
Space

Witnessing the birth of planets: Webb provides unprecedented window

Amit Malewar

An unprecedented window into the formation of planets around young star systems.

Atp synthesis mitochondrion depicted modern bio research infographic detailing process of oxidative
Biology

Mitochondria: A way to cut Diabetes

Pranjal Malewar

Cell’s powerhouse also dictates its fate.

3D map of the universe
Space

A new computational method gleans more information out of cosmic maps

Amit Malewar

The method treats cosmic maps as 3D grids, preserving the original data's fidelity.

twisted filament glowing
Technology

Bright, elliptically polarized incandescent light

Pranjal Malewar

Filaments curling at the micro and nanoscale produce light waves that twirl as they travel.

Researchers identified an unforeseen trade-off for fisheries as nutrient inputs are reduced to improve water quality – in particular, a lower harvest of the popular yellow perch species as dead zones were diminished.
Environment

Cleaner water may pose risk to some Lake Erie fish species

Ashwini Sakharkar

Unforeseen water quality–fisheries tradeoffs are reduced to improve water quality.

metallic shaving
Science

Rice hull ash could help batteries store more charge

Ashwini Sakharkar

Ash from burned rice hulls could nearly double the energy density of typical lithium-ion batteries.

White faced capuchin monkeys
Environment

Warming temperatures impact the immune performance of wild monkeys

Pranjal Malewar

Young individuals' immune systems may be particularly affected by temperature.

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Plants

Plants treated with herbicides incur more damage from insects

Jay Kakade

While studying the eco-evolutionary implications of using herbicides, researchers at the University of Michigan found that insects do greater damage to herbicide-treated plants. The...

A U-M Health neurosurgical team performing an operation.
AI & Machine Learning

AI model detects residual tumor in 10 seconds

Ashwini Sakharkar

AI can determine during surgery if any part of a cancerous brain tumor that could be removed remains.

black hole spin
Space

Astronomers point at black holes for dark energy ejection

Amit Malewar

Astronomers at the University of Michigan could have found evidence linking dark energy—a mysterious energy that drives the exponential expansion of the universe—with black...

Grassland ecosystems of California
Environment

Climate changes brings rapid ecological changes in grasslands

Jay Kakade

New study reveals significant shifts in plant communities and implications for ecosystem restoration

Human chromosome
Biology

Study identified a genetic mutation that increases the chance of having a daughter

Pranjal Malewar

Boy or girl?

emotionally resilient
Parenting

Fathers with low incomes are emotionally resilient

Pranjal Malewar

New fathers who faced economic hardships remained deeply connected to their children.

Emily Keller, a doctoral student in robotics at the Locomotor Control Systems Lab, University of Michigan, demonstrates the knee exoskeletons on the steps outside of the Ford Robotics Building at U-M.
Technology

Versatile knee exoskeleton for lifting safely despite fatigue

Ashwini Sakharkar

The exoskeleton has been shown to help counteract fatigue in lifting and carrying tasks.

Raju Lampande, postdoctoral researcher in Giebink’s lab, positions an OLED that leverages positive feedback to amplify the conversion of near infrared light into visible light in front of a microscope imaging system.
Technology

An OLED could replace bulky night vision goggles with lightweight glasses

Ashwini Sakharkar

An OLED for compact, lightweight night vision.

Medical examination and healthcare business graph
Health

Online dashboard reduces blood thinner dosing errors and complications

Dr. Prajakta Banik

A study shows that using an online dashboard can help doctors and pharmacists give the correct dose of blood thinners.

Side view of personal fitness female trainer helping motivated fat woman lose weight outside running
Health

Regular exercisers have healthier belly fat

Dr. Prajakta Banik

People with obesity who exercise regularly have healthier belly fat and store fat better than those who don't exercise.

Iron filings showing magnetic field lines
Physics

First thickness-dependent transitions in two-dimensional magnetic material

Amit Malewar

An important discovery in the study of van der Waals (vdW) magnetic materials.

A woman holding a baby
Health

Breastfeeding diet may affect baby’s nutrition

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Amounts of fats in a breastfeeding person's blood may relate to the nutrients in their breastmilk and their baby's blood.

The Broad-billed Tody, Todus subulatus, is a member of the bird group Coraciimorphae.
Science

Rapid evolution of bird genomes is linked to end-Cretaceous mass extinction

Amit Malewar

Life for non-avian dinosaurs ended, but the evolutionary story for the early ancestors of birds began.

man running
Social Science

New-generation high-tech running spikes do make runners faster

Amit Malewar

It's definitely possible to see Olympic records broken.

As Parker Solar Probe files around the sun, it finds abrupt reversals in the direction of the sun’s magnetic fields. These S-shaped bends in the sun’s magnetic field are very common in the solar wind close to the sun, but are absent inside the corona.
Space

Parker Solar Probe reveals why the sun’s corona is weirdly hot

Amit Malewar

The sun's crown-like atmosphere can be 200 times hotter than the sun's surface.

Handsome nurse checking blood pressure of elderly woman at home
Health

Long-term high blood pressure? Stroke risk warning

Dr. Prajakta Banik

A study by Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan found that having high systolic blood pressure (the top number in a reading) over...

In this view from the Terra satellite, chunks of sea ice appear as white swirls off the coast of Greenland. As the ice thins and darkens, it reflects less sunlight than solid ice sheets, speeding up global heating.
Science

Cooling power of sea ice is decreasing faster than its area

Ashwini Sakharkar

The Arctic has lost around a quarter of its cooling power since 1980.

The next step is for 24M to build the cells into a full-size aviation battery, like the one pictured, for further testing at And Battery Aero.
Technology

A high-power battery that stays strong for a long flight duration

Ashwini Sakharkar

Electrolyte that keeps battery power delivery high, cycle after cycle.

Water bottle close-up. Young man doing sport at home
Health

Water’s role in regulating muscle contraction speed

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Muscle fibers exhibit active hydraulics and unique elasticity.

Temperate exoplanet LHS 1140 b may be a world completely covered in ice (left) similar to Jupiter’s moon Europa or be an ice world with a liquid substellar ocean and a cloudy atmosphere (centre). LHS 1140 b is 1.7 times the size of our planet Earth (right) and is the most promising habitable zone exoplanet yet in our search for liquid water beyond the Solar System.
Space

Webb finds a potentially habitable icy world close to Earth

Amit Malewar

Astronomers find a surprising ice world in the habitable zone with JWST data.

Man with back pain
Health

Nerve injuries from repetitive work motions are common

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Nerve damage from occupational tasks.

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