In 2009, a mysterious fungus emerged seemingly from out of thin air, targeting the most vulnerable among us. It sounds like Hollywood, but the fungus in question poses a very real threat. Scientists are scrambling to figure ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 29, 2023
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Nacre, the rainbow-sheened material that lines the insides of mussel and other mollusk shells, is known as nature's toughest material. Now, a team of researchers led by the University of Michigan has revealed precisely how ...
Materials Science
Oct 23, 2019
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With precarious particles called polaritons that straddle the worlds of light and matter, University of Michigan researchers have demonstrated a new, practical and potentially more efficient way to make a coherent laser-like ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 5, 2014
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When Uber expanded into food delivery, the move was expected to bring additional revenue to the ridesharing company. It certainly did.
Economics & Business
Jul 17, 2024
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A new study finds evidence that the last time Earth was as warm as it is today, cold freshwater from a melting Greenland ice sheet circulated in the Atlantic Ocean as far south as Bermuda, elevating sea levels and altering ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 9, 2017
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The rate at which the planet warms in response to the ongoing buildup of heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas could increase in the future, according to new simulations of a comparable warm period more than 50 million years ago.
Earth Sciences
Sep 18, 2019
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A common ingredient in sunscreen could be an effective antibacterial coating for medical implants such as pacemakers and replacement joints.
Bio & Medicine
Nov 10, 2015
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A fast-moving star may have been ejected from the Milky Way's stellar disk by a cluster of young stars, according to researchers from the University of Michigan who say the star did not originate from the middle of the galaxy, ...
Astronomy
Mar 13, 2019
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As the days get shorter and chillier in the northern hemisphere, those who choose to work out in the mornings might find it harder to get up and running. A study in PNAS identifies a protein that, when missing, makes exercising ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 18, 2023
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In the ruins of a city that was once Rome's neighbor, archaeologists last summer found a 1,000-pound lead coffin.
Archaeology
Mar 29, 2010
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