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Biology / Space Science

Troy HS alums’ experiment to launch with SpaceX Crew-1

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.—Finsam Samson and Yujie Wang, both 19 years old, won the 2019 Genes in Space competition while students at Troy High School by designing an experiment to investigate …

Biology / Ecology / University Research

UM ecologist gets $2M grant to study aquatic systems

ANN ARBOR—University of Michigan disease ecologist Meghan Duffy is one of 15 scientists awarded five-year grants from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation today to study symbiosis in aquatic systems. …

Biology / University Research

UM study shows first genetic resistance in bats to deadly fungal disease

ANN ARBOR—A new study from University of Michigan biologists presents the first genetic evidence of resistance in some bats to white-nose syndrome, a deadly fungal disease that has decimated some …

Agricultural Industry / Biology

Impact of urbanization on wild bees underestimated: UM study

ANN ARBOR – Wild bees are indispensable pollinators, supporting both agricultural productivity and the diversity of flowering plants worldwide. But wild bees are experiencing widespread declines resulting from multiple interacting …

Biology / University Research

EMU faculty get scientific grants

YPSILANTI — Eastern Michigan University faculty in biology and psychology were awarded three major federally funded research grants during the first half of this year. “These awards demonstrate the government’s …

Biology / Ecology / University Research

Michigan Tech’s 60th Isle Royale wolf-moose study finds wolves struggling to survive

HOUGHTON – Researchers from Michigan Technological University have released the annual Winter Study report detailing updates on the ecology of Isle Royale National Park. For the third year in a …

Biology / University Research

Michigan Tech leads study on alcohol’s effects on nervous system

HOUGHTON — When a drink at the local watering hole turns into five or six, what are the effects on our brains and hearts? How does too much to drink …

Biology

MTU Researcher: Microbes May Tell Ships' Travels

HOUGHTON — Microbiologist Steve Techtmann, pictured above, has won a federal research award to study microbial biosignatures that identify what waters ships traverse.

Biology / University Research

Michigan Tech report on Isle Royale: Just two wolves, many more moose and beavers

HOUGHTON — Researchers from Michigan Technological University have released the annual Winter Study detailing updates on the ecology of Isle Royale National Park. For the second year in a row, …

Biology / Higher Education

UM ecologist named AAAS public engagement fellow

ANN ARBOR – University of Michigan ecologist Meghan Duffy is one of 15 infectious disease researchers named 2017-18 Public Engagement Fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. …

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