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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Kidney Function Following COVID-19 in Children and Adolescents
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Mitochondria-organelle crosstalk in establishing compartmentalized metabolic homeostasis
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Wandering of the auroral oval 41,000 years ago
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Predictors of Survival From Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
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Targeting PIKfyve-driven lipid metabolism in pancreatic cancer
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Cultural Backlash and the Rise of Populism
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Pediatric Gastrointestinal Tract Outcomes During the Postacute Phase of COVID-19
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Bioaccumulation of microplastics in decedent human brains
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Single-dose psychedelic enhances cognitive flexibility and reversal learning in mice weeks after administration
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Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8
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Rotator cuff tears
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Nicotine Concentration of E-Cigarettes Used by Youths
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Loneliness and Social Isolation Among US Older Adults
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Implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program: Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
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Patterns of Mobile Device Use by Caregivers and Children During Meals in Fast Food Restaurants
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Diets can be consistent with planetary limits and health targets at the individual level
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The fading American dream: Trends in absolute income mobility since 1940
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American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: postoperative care pathway guidelines for Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
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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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Managing Cardiogenic Shock Caused by Acute Myocardial Infarction Invisible Challenges Revealed in a Statewide Registry
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Air pollution exposure and cardiometabolic risk
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Sexual orientation in transgender adults in the United States
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Management of Patients with Advanced Prostate Cancer. Report from the 2024 Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference (APCCC)
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Americans experience a false social reality by underestimating popular climate policy support by nearly half