University of Michigan, Author Profile

Sugar Alters Compounds That Impact Brain Health in Fruit Flies

September 6, 2019

This finding could tell researchers why behaviors that change with the internal energy state, such as food intake, learning a...

Diversity on Teams Leads to Positive Outcomes, but Not for All

July 19, 2019

Researchers found that the very individuals who add diversity to their science teams surprisingly do not experience positive ...

An 'EpiPen' for Spinal Cord Injuries

July 12, 2019

Using nanoparticles, researchers demonstrate that instead of overcoming an immune response, they can co-opt the immune r...

Researchers Testing Ways to Make Aspen-Dominated Forests Resilient to Climate Change

June 19, 2019

The idea of the UMBS Adaptive Aspen Management Experiment is to replace some of the century-old aspen with a mix of tree spec...

High-Sugar Diet Deadens Sweet Tooth, Promotes Overeating in Flies

May 17, 2019

After feeding fruit flies a high-sugar diet, the flies’ taste neurons triggered a molecular chain-reaction that hampere...

Ice-Proof Coating for Big Structures Relies on a ‘Beautiful Demonstration of Mechanics’

April 30, 2019

The spray-on coatings cause ice to fall away from structures—regardless of their size—with just the force of a li...

Cold Plasma Can Kill 99.9% of Airborne Viruses

April 9, 2019

Dangerous airborne viruses are rendered harmless on-the-fly when exposed to energetic, charged fragments of air molecules...

Parenthood Contributes to Gender Imbalance in STEM Employment

February 26, 2019

Parenthood may contribute to the STEM gender gap, in part, due to gender-related cultural expectations and workplace obstacle...

How Connected Vehicles’ Windshield Wipers Could Help Prevent Flooding

January 23, 2019

We've been promised all kinds of benefits from a future of connected vehicles, but flood control?

Some Nose, Throat Bacteria Make It Less Likely to Get Flu

January 14, 2019

Imagine taking a pill that would help you stave off the flu

Cartilage Could Be Key to Safe 'Structural Batteries'

January 11, 2019

Your knees and your smartphone battery have some surprisingly similar needs

Revealing Hidden Information in Sound Waves

November 30, 2018

Researchers have devised a way to unlock greater amounts of data from acoustic fields than ever before

A New Lead on a 50-Year-Old Radiation Damage Mystery

November 19, 2018

For half a century, researchers have seen loops of displaced atoms appearing inside nuclear reactor steel after exposure to r...

Expanding Fungal Diversity, One Cell at a Time

October 9, 2018

More than a million species of fungi are estimated to live on this planet, but most of that diversity remains unknown

Big-Data Study Pinpoints More Than 150 Genes Associated with Atrial Fibrillation

August 6, 2018

The study also develops a genetic risk score for atrial fibrillation