Research
With expenditures in excess of $1 billion, research is central to U-M’s mission and permeates all 19 schools and colleges. U-M is a strong advocate of promoting collaboration and interdisciplinary research initiatives that involve faculty and students from across campus.

U-M researchers have demonstrated organic solar cells that can achieve 8 percent efficiency.
Research Attention
Below are 25 research outputs that have received attention in the news, social media and other digital sources in the past week ranging from “mainstream” sources to citations. This work from University of Michigan researchers represents a tiny fraction of the more than 263,000 research outputs produced by our academic community.
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Multiple metal exposures associate with higher amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk and mortality independent of genetic risk and correlate to self-reported exposures: a case-control study
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Bioaccumulation of microplastics in decedent human brains
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Targeting PIKfyve-driven lipid metabolism in pancreatic cancer
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Finerenone Reduces New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation across the Spectrum of Cardio-Kidney-Metabolism: the FINE-HEART Pooled Analysis
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Fluoridation cessation and children’s dental caries: A 7‐year follow‐up evaluation of Grade 2 schoolchildren in Calgary and Edmonton, Canada
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Climate mitigation potential for targeted forestation after considering climate change, fires, and albedo
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Diets can be consistent with planetary limits and health targets at the individual level
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Degenerative Rotator-Cuff Disorders
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Loneliness and Social Isolation Among US Older Adults
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Clinical Considerations for Competitive Sports Participation for Athletes With Cardiovascular Abnormalities: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology
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Kidney Function Following COVID-19 in Children and Adolescents
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Positive Psychology Progress
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Pediatric Gastrointestinal Tract Outcomes During the Postacute Phase of COVID-19
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Trends in Travel Time to Obtain Surgical Care for Rural Patients
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Surgical Mitral Valve Repair vs Replacement After Failed Mitral Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair The CUTTING-EDGE Registry
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Effects of precipitation, heat, and drought on incidence and expansion of coccidioidomycosis in western USA: a longitudinal surveillance study
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Errors of attention adaptively warp spatial cognition
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Duration of Immunity and Effectiveness of Diphtheria-Tetanus–Acellular Pertussis Vaccines in Children
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Multicenter Retrospective Evaluation of Treatment for High‐Risk Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia: Real‐World Outcomes From the HERO Consortium
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The effects of housing insecurity on children’s health: a scoping review
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Translational genomics of osteoarthritis in 1,962,069 individuals
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Development and Validation of an Artificial Intelligence Digital Pathology Biomarker to Predict Benefit of Long-Term Hormonal Therapy and Radiotherapy in Men With High-Risk Prostate Cancer Across Multiple Phase III Trials.
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Possible link between Earth’s rotation rate and oxygenation
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Wandering of the auroral oval 41,000 years ago
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CYR61 delivery promotes angiogenesis during bone fracture repair