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Social Science
Improving Early Language Comprehension

MSI PI Nidhi Kohli (professor, Educational Psychology) and colleagues Panayiota Kendeou and Kristen McMaster have been aw

Medicine
Male Contraceptives Near Human Trials

MSI PI Gunda Georg (Regents Professor; Director, Institute for Therapeutics Discovery and Development) has been interviewed by s

Physics
Developing Stable Quantum Structure

MSI PI Vlad Pribiag (professor, Physics and Astronomy) is leading a team that is developing a new process combining quantum p

Brain Science
MSI PIs Receive $1.7M Grant From National Institute on Drug Abuse

Several MSIs PIs are participating in a project that has received a $1.7M grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Ecology and Environment
Roadside Habitats for Pollinators

MSI PI Emilie Snell-Rood (associate professor, Ecology, Evolution and Behavior) is studying the development

Agriculture
Reduced Snowfall May Harm Winter Crops

Climate change is having enormous effects on farming. One of these effects is reduced snowfall.

Medicine
Developing Artificial Blood Vessels That Grow With the Patient

A U of M-led research team has received a grant from the Department of Defense totaling $3.7M over four years for a project that is developing bioengineered blood vessels that will grow with the pa

Ecology and Environment
Getting Ready for Mountain Pine Beetles

The mountain pine beetle (MPB) is destroying pine forests throughout North America. Not only do they kill trees by boring under bark, they spread pathogens from tree to tree.

Biology
Studying How Bacteria Swim

A team of researchers including MSI PI Xiang Cheng (associate professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science) has published

Astronomy
Zooniverse Project to Study the Atmosphere of Jupiter

In a new citizen-science project called Jovian Vortex Hunter, anyone can help identify atmospheric vortices on Jupiter.

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