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Researchers at Michigan State University conducted the largest experimentally controlled study on sleep deprivation to date, revealing just how detrimental operating without sleep can be in everything from bakers adding too much salt to cookies to surgeons botching surgeries.
University Research | Michigan State UniversityA Texas A&M associate professor of urban planning has developed a planning tool that predicts where areas of future decline will occur and identifies parcels that have the highest potential for sustained redevelopment.
Community Impact | Texas A&M UniversityAAU today announced 32 member universities and one non-AAU university will participate in its 2019 national campus climate survey on sexual assault and misconduct.
Press ReleasesCurrent climate change models might be overestimating how much carbon dioxide plants can suck from the atmosphere, according to researchers.
University Research | Michigan State UniversityOnly a small percentage of people in their 50s and early 60s have had a DNA test—either for medical reasons, to learn their ancestry or out of curiosity—but far more have an interest in getting such tests done, according to a new poll.
University Research | University of MichiganThe World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that there are 4 million deaths each year from illnesses attributable to household air pollution. Chronic lung and heart diseases particularly affect the women and children who stay inside, tending the house. In fact, WHO reports that air pollution from…
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | A new DNA tool created by Michigan State University can accurately predict people’s height, and more importantly, could potentially assess their risk for serious illnesses, such as heart disease and cancer.
University Research | Michigan State UniversityFind out how a curious graduate student’s findings contributed to our fundamental understanding of immunology and led to new discoveries.
Mary Sue's DeskHarvard University researchers find that the transition to wind or solar power in the U.S. would require five to 20 times more land than previously thought, and, if such large-scale wind farms were built, would warm average surface temperatures over the continental U.S. by 0.24 degrees Celsius.
University Research | Research to Secure Our Energy Future | Energy Sources | Harvard UniversityIn a study with mice, University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have shown that a natural product found in many fruits and vegetables has significant positive effects on health and lifespan.
University Research | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities