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San Mateo, Calif.-based CourseSmart, the world's largest provider of e-textbooks and digital course materials, Tuesday announced that the University of Michigan will be testing the integration of e-textbooks into courses.
The latest announcements of meetings and events from Michgian's technology-focused institutions and companies, before they are posted on the GLITR IT Calendar.
The latest personnel announcements from Michigan's technology-focused institutions and companies.
The first laboratory-based researchers have moved into the University of Michigan's North Campus Research Complex, bringing with them cutting-edge research that uses stem cells to create new heart muscle and focuses on the crucial squeezing action of the heart.
By mimicking the structure of the silk moth's antenna, University of Michigan researchers led the development of a better nanopore -- a tiny tunnel-shaped tool that could advance understanding of a class of neurodegenerative diseases that includes Alzheimer's.
The University of Michigan-Dearborn's Center for Innovation Research said its Michigan Innovation Index fell slightly to 85.3 for the third quarter of 2010 from 85.8 in the second quarter.
With double-digit cuts to university funding proposed in Governor Rick Snyder's budget plan, educators acrossthe state are preparing.
Braylon's exclusive invitation-only birthday party was held at the popular Ignite nightclub located inside of Detroit's MGM Grand Casino.
A new study shows that doctors are prescribing too many antibiotics. The research involved looking at Blue Cross-Blue Shield data.
People who demonstrated a stronger brain response to certain brain regions when receiving individually tailored smoking cessation messages were more likely to quit smoking four months later, a new University of Michigan study finds.
The Division of Pathology Informatics at the University of Michigan Medical School is demonstrating the extreme flexibility of a software tool aimed at making the detection of abnormalities in cell and tissue samples faster, more accurate and more consistent.
U-M Wolverines get the win over the Golden Gophers 70-63 Saturday in Minnesota.
The University of Michigan has issued a campus crime alert after a woman fought off a would-be purse-snatcher.
More than 1.5 million U.S. jobs are directly connected to the Great Lakes, generating $62 billion in wages annually, according to a new analysis by Michigan Sea Grant at the University of Michigan.
With the recent announcement that the U.S. government will propose new fuel economy standards this fall, a University of Michigan study shows that automakers fine-tune vehicle fuel economy to qualify for more favorable treatment.
To build camaraderie, Michigan's two top leaders will attend Wednesday night's UM-Wisconsin basketball game together in Ann Arbor.
The majority of people from a genetic study opted to be told whether they carried a cancer-causing gene mutation, and the knowledge did not cause emotional distress or change their health behaviors, a new study from the University of Michigan shows.
The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business Tuesday announced winners of its 2010-2011 Michigan Business Challenge competition awards and Eugene Applebaum Dare to Dream Grants for UM student startups.
A prototype implantable eye pressure monitor for glaucoma patients is believed to contain the first complete millimeter-scale computing system. And a compact radio that needs no tuning to find the right frequency could be a key enabler to organizing millimeter-scale systems into wireless sensor networks.
Cynthia Koenig knows that by reinventing the wheel she could change the world. In a few months, she hopes to make a difference in India. Koenig, a graduate student at the University of Michigan, created the WaterWheel, a 20-gallon rolling water barrel and Wello, the business that distributes it in developing countries, where clean water is scarce.
The Mimosa plant, which folds its leaves when they're touched, is inspiring a new class of adaptive structures designed to twist, bend, stiffen and even heal themselves. University of Michigan researchers are leading their development.
The deadline for presenting companies at this year's Michigan Growth Capital Symposium is approaching.
A new U of M study says students who work more than 15 hours a week during high school have lower rates of college completion.
