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  Want to preserve biodiversity? Go big, U-M researchers say

  Large, undisturbed forests are better for harboring biodiversity than fragmented landscapes, according to University of Michigan research.

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  Michigan Debate team captures national tournament win

  The University of Michigan Debate program has won the 38th annual American Debate Association National Championship. The three-day tournament, held March 8-10 in Houston, featured nearly 200 competitors from 25 institutions.

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  Efficiency, success of Social Security threatened by planned layoffs, U-M expert says

  A University of Michigan professor offers insights on the Trump administration's plans to cut the Social Security Administration workforce. Pamela Herd is the Carol Kakalec Kohn professor of social policy at the Ford School of Public Policy and a faculty associate at the Institute for Social Research's Population Studies Center. Her research focuses on inequality and how it intersects with health, aging and policy.

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  U-M astronomers peer deeper into mysterious Flame Nebula

  Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, a team of researchers, including astronomers from the University of Michigan, are closing in on the answer to a looming cosmic question.

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  Clothes dryers and the bottom line: Switching to air drying can save hundreds

  Researchers from the University of Michigan are hoping their new study will inspire some Americans to rethink their relationship with laundry. Because, no matter how you spin it, clothes dryers use a lot of comparatively costly energy when air works for free.

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  Lacking a playbook for dealing with economic decline, leaders of smaller cities opt for pragmatism, flexibility

  The challenges facing big cities such as Detroit and Cleveland have been widely examined by experts over the decades, as each has dealt with the loss of population and major industries.

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  The hidden costs of believing women are more socially oriented

  A new study from the University of Michigan reveals that people strongly believe women are more generous, cooperative and equality-driven than men.

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  Wildland-urban fires trigger biological changes in firefighters, may explain increased cancer risks

  Firefighters who fight fires in wildland urban interface zones, where undeveloped and developed land meet, appear to experience genetic changes that may help explain their elevated risk for certain cancers and other diseases, according to a study led by the University of Michigan.

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  U-M, OpenAI launch partnership to expand AI research

  The University of Michigan has established a partnership with OpenAI that will bring additional artificial intelligence resources, research funding and computing power to campus.

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  Dicamba drift: New use of an old herbicide disrupts pollinators

  An herbicide may "drift" from the agricultural fields where it's sprayed and harm weeds that grow at the edge of the fields, impacting pollinators.

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  U-Michigan, UC Riverside launch alliance to promote hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines

  Hydrogen has the potential to power internal combustion engines, including on-road and off-road vehicles and equipment, and large marine engines. Despite its promise to reduce climate change emissions such as carbon dioxide and harmful pollutants, hydrogen has largely remained underutilized in the United States.

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  COVID-19, 5 years on: Lingering impacts and pandemic preparedness

  March 11 will mark five years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. University of Michigan experts look back on successes and failures in public health and medicine; discuss continued effects in education, business and society; and offer insights on how prepared we are for a future pandemic.

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  Millions of children live with parents who have a substance use disorder

  Nearly 17 million children and adolescents in the United States are estimated to live with a parent who has a substance use disorder, according to a study led by Texas State University, University of Michigan and Wayne State University.

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