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21 hours ago | News
University of Michigan researchers have proven that a special surface, free of biological contaminants, allows adult-derived stem cells to thrive and transform into multiple cell types. Their success brings stem cell therapies another step closer.
May 24 | News
U.S. factories produce
about 75% of what the country consumes, but the right decisions by both
business and political leaders could push that to 95%, say University of
Michigan researchers.
May 21 | News
Popular firewall technology designed to boost security on cellular networks can backfire, unwittingly revealing data that could help a hacker break into Facebook and Twitter accounts, a new study from the University of Michigan shows. The researchers also developed an Android app that tells phone users when they're on a vulnerable network.
May 16 | News
Text messaging is a surprisingly good way to get candid responses to sensitive questions, according to a new study to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research.
May 10 | News
A
hidden facet of a math problem that goes back to Sanskrit scrolls has
just been exposed by nanotechnology researchers, who say we've been
missing a version of the famous "packing problem,” which seeks the best
way to cover the inside of an object with a particular shape.
May 9 | News
Researchers at the University of Michigan have identified new targets for drugs that could potentially treat anthrax, the deadly infection caused by Bacillus anthracis. The team found a new way to block the bacteria's ability to capture iron, which is vital to its survival and its disease-causing properties.
May 1 | News
Portable gas sensors can allow you to search for explosives, diagnose medical conditions through a patient's breath, and decide whether it's safe to stay in a mine. These devices do all this by identifying and measuring airborne chemicals, and a new, more sensitive, smart model is under development at the University of Michigan.
Apr 10 | News
Fuel economy of all new
vehicles sold in the United States
has topped 24 mpg for the first time ever, say researchers at the
University of Michigan Transportation Research
Institute.
Mar 27 | News
Researchers
from the University of Michigan Health System and the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology report they have created the first full 3-D
images of B12 and its partner molecules twisting and contorting as part
of a crucial reaction called methyltransfer. The reaction is crucial to
biological systems and has implications for fuel development.
Mar 13 | News
A University of Michigan cell biologist and his colleagues have identified a potential drug that speeds up trash removal from the cell's recycling center, the lysosome. The finding suggests a new way to treat rare inherited metabolic disorders and common neurodegenerative diseases.
