U-M Offers $100K Medical Research Prize
The A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute at the University of Michigan has established a new prize designed to quickly move lab discoveries into the patient treatment phase.
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The A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute at the University of Michigan has established a new prize designed to quickly move lab discoveries into the patient treatment phase.
Nine out of 10 city dwellers may have enough harmful noise exposure to risk hearing loss, and most of that exposure comes from leisure activities.
A University of Michigan specialist says there is evidence a new flu strain is circulating, but it's much like one we have seen before.
Physician-scientists worldwide will vie for the newly established $100,000 annual Taubman Prize for Excellence in Translational Medical Science starting in 2012, the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute has announced.
A medical resident at the University of Michigan Health System faces four counts of possession of child sexually abusive material.
Police say two people tried to steal an ATM from the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center.
The University of Michigan Health System will participate in the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization model, in partnership with IHA Health Services Corp., an Ann Arbor-based multi-specialty group practice.
They shook light from darkness. They coaxed something out of what we normally think of as nothing -- the vacuum of space. And now their work has been named one of the top 10 breakthroughs of the year by Physics World, the international magazine announced today.
Evan Smotrycz had 17 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 20 Michigan beat Alabama A&M 87-57 on Saturday.
The number of sugar maples in Upper Great Lakes forests is likely to decline in coming decades, according to University of Michigan ecologists and their colleagues, due to a previously unrecognized threat from a familiar enemy: acid rain.
A technique developed at the University of Michigan that lets researchers monitor single cancer cells in real time as they float in liquid could help doctors study the breakaway tumor cells that cause metastasis, the process of cancer spreading through the body.
A new book written by a University of Michigan business professor for individuals and companies looking to make the world a better place is available at no cost.
A new University of Michigan survey suggests more teens are smoking pot while less of them are drinking.
The new study reveals that adding a less expensive gift to go along with a pricier present reduces the impact of the nicer gift. In other words, loved ones will appreciate an expensive present more if it's the only one they get.
Customer satisfaction with credit unions broke all prior records this year, according to a report released Tuesday by the American Customer Satisfaction Index.
The Samuel Zell and Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business has joined forces with Michigan State University's Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Broad College of Business to create the Michigan Entrepreneurship Education Leaders Forum.
What if your car radio could let you know an ambulance or fire engine was approaching? What if an iPad app could help cerebral palsy and brain injury patients use a touch screen? How about if your phone could help you reserve a parking spot on the other side of town? University of Michigan students didn't just wonder these things. They took an important step toward making them happen.
Authorities say several buildings on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor lost power, stranding some people in elevators.
If you had a family history of developing Alzheimer's disease, would you take a genetic test that would give you more information about your chances?
The latest industry accreditations and honors from Michigan's technology-focused companies, groups and institutions
At 10 million times the mass of our sun, two newly discovered black holes are the most massive that astronomers have ever found.
A new study shows that the gap in rates of college completion between students from high-and low-income families has grown significantly in the last 50 years.
Average fuel economy of all new vehicles sold in the United States is up for the second straight month, say researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.
The University of Michigan football team will face Virginia Tech in the 2012 Allstate Sugar Bowl. And the U-M Ticket Office begins selling tickets today at 8:30am.
Though paper wasps have brains less than a millionth the size of humans', they have evolved specialized face-learning abilities analogous to the system used by humans, according to a University of Michigan evolutionary biologist and one of her graduate students.
