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What Do The Slogans At Demonstrations Tell Us?

We see them on banners, hand-held signs, walls, clothing, bodies and faces: words are central to social protest. Every slogan—collective or individual, printed or handwritten, demand or rallying cry—conveys a political message and an expression of anger.

A New Window Into Plants Of The Past

Within the cabinets and drawers of the world’s herbaria are nearly 400 million dried plant specimens.

Bringing Up Baby, 10,000 Years Ago

It seems logical enough: even in their earliest history, humans must have needed something to carry their babies around in as they moved from place to place.

'We were surprised': University of Michigan chimpanzee study in Africa reveals developmental similarities to human teenagers

Chimpanzees, like human teenagers, are more impulsive, risk-seeking, and less able to regulate their emotions than adults, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Michigan.

Can Feeling The Beat Improve Your Well-Being?

Could tapping on a cell phone to the beat of music improve the quality of life of people with Parkinson’s disease?

Starting Kindergarten: Normal Stress For The Vast Majority Of Children

The transition to kindergarten causes a generalized and normal increase in the stress hormone cortisol in children during the first two weeks of school.

Weizmann Institute scientists use machine learning to design new enzymes

Designing new enzymes to optimize their features for performing roles in research, biology and biomedicine has outstanding promise for advancing scientific capabilities.

Cal-San Diego study: Jellyfish-like creature linked to ocean carbon absorption

New research has highlighted the importance of a species of jellyfish-like creatures called salps, which feed on microscopic plants called phytoplankton in the ocean. The ocean plays a crucial role in absorbing large quantities of carbon dioxide in a process called carbon export, which is essential to combatting climate change, according to a news release.

U. of Michigan study: Red squirrels win gamble on evolutionary fitness

Red squirrels that gamble with their reproduction strategy outperform their counterparts in terms of Darwinian fitness, even if it costs them in the short term, according to a recent study by researchers at the University of Michigan.

University of Michigan study examines benefits of electric vehicles

Researchers at the University of Michigan estimate that a majority of people who own vehicles in the United States will see a drop in how much they spend on transportation energy if they made the switch to an electric vehicle (EV).

Putting The Food System In Context

Innovations that make the food supply chain more “responsible” – eco-friendly, good for public health, fairer to farmers – will come faster if the contexts that set the stage for them are better understood, according to a new Université de Montréal study.

Gut Microbes And Humans On A Joint Evolutionary Journey

Researchers discover simultaneous evolutionary history of gut microbes with their human hosts over hundreds of thousands of years

South African cosmologist shows single wave function can't explain observable universe

Can a complex nonlinear world arise from a single universal wave function? This is the question asked by mathematician George F. Ellis, and his answer is "no."

Postdoctoral researcher: 'Our HYPER model illustrates that a phase transition can actually help make the dark matter more easily detectable'

Researchers from the University of Michigan and Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz have proposed a new model for dark matter particles called HighlY Interactive ParticlE Relics or HYPER, a news release said.

U-M researchers develop technology to make smaller, more efficient 'H9 MUSCLE' thrusters for satellites

A team of University of Michigan (U-M) researchers are experimenting on thruster technology that could potentially power a crewed mission to Mars.

University of Michigan researchers study how sound waves trigger immune responses to cancer in mice: 'The body can see them and attack them'

University of Michigan (U-M) researchers are pursuing a technique that could potentially revolutionize cancer treatment.

University of Michigan develops method that promises cancer therapy with 'pinpoint accuracy'

Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a novel technology that allows for the precise measurement of radiation doses during cancer treatments.

Symbiotic Bacteria Protect Beetle Larvae From Pathogens

Bacteria produce antifungal compound protecting the eggs, larvae, and pupae from infections / Bacterial community is retained even during molting stages.

Stone Spheres Could Be From Ancient Greek Board Game

Archaeologists from the University of Bristol have suggested that mysterious stone spheres found at various ancient settlements across the Aegean and Mediterranean could be playing pieces from one of the earliest ever board games.

Adverse Health Outcomes Associated With Long-Term Antidepressant Use

Long-term antidepressant use may double the risk of heart disease, finds the most comprehensive epidemiological study to date to investigate the health consequences from using the medication over ten years.