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Your brain on speed: Walking doesn’t impair thinking and multitasking

By Guest PostMay 15, 2014Science: walking, alex eaton, animal waste, creativity, crinoide, daniel ferris, james nebelsick, janina dynowski, multitasking, ophiothrix fragilis, ordovizium, seelilien, seestern, sistema biobolsa, typical Mexican farm, university of michigan

ANN ARBOR — When we’re strolling down memory lane, our brains recall just as much information while walking as while standing still—findings that contradict the popular science notion that walking hinders one’s ability to think.

University of Michigan researchers at the School of Kinesiology and the College of Engineering examined how well study participants performed a very complex spatial cognitive task while walking versus standing still. (more…)

Behind the paywall: How media can boost online revenue

By Guest PostMay 13, 2014Technologyespn, fosamax, klasse, leistungsstarke, Media, nachteil, sandra rothenbusch, university of michigan

ANN ARBOR — It’s an ongoing debate for online publications: How much content should be free and how much should go behind a paywall?

Make the price for content too high and watch customers disappear and ad revenue decline. Give away too much and you could miss out on subscriber revenue. (more…)

Paying for a crime they didn’t do: 4 percent sentenced to death are likely innocent

By Guest PostMay 9, 2014Politicsdaniel inman, death sentences, douglas altshuler, gabriele lucius hoene, krankheitserfahrungen teilen, prisoners, united states, university of michigan

ANN ARBOR — Slightly more than 4 percent of people given death sentences in the United States are innocent, according to new peer-reviewed research led by a University of Michigan expert.

The finding shows that the number of innocent people sentenced to death is more than twice the number of inmates exonerated and freed by legal action, according to a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (more…)

Prehistoric caribou hunting structure discovered beneath Lake Huron

By Guest PostMay 7, 2014Sciencealan lambowitz, autumn, beneath, discover, entscheid¬ende rolle, erbschaften in europa, great lakes, ist, john oshea, kristin richter, lake huron, meeres¬spiegel, michigan, neil vickers, nose, rna mug shots, southern Ontario, spring, sukrit silas, threatening viruses, university of michigan, woelfen in deutschland, wolf mt6, wolfs managementplan

ANN ARBOR — Underwater archaeologists have discovered evidence of prehistoric caribou hunts that provide unprecedented insight into the social and seasonal organization of early peoples in the Great Lakes region.

An article detailing the discovery of a 9,000-year-old caribou hunting drive lane under Lake Huron appears in today’s issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (more…)

Chameleon crystals could make active camouflage possible

By Guest PostMay 4, 2014Scienceamy mckay, ashutosh tiwari, crystal structures, guten tag, impact of lobbying, kein leben, luchs, metallomics, moritz klose, ohne metalle, patrick kinney, patterns, reinhard dallinger, sagen, university of michigan, wenn, zenek wojtas

ANN ARBOR — The ability to control crystals with light and chemistry could lead to chameleon-style color-changing camouflage for vehicle bodies and other surfaces.

University of Michigan researchers discovered a template-free method for growing shaped crystals that allows for changeable structures that could appear as different colors and patterns. (more…)

“Simming” a mile in others’ shoes

By Guest PostApril 21, 2014Culture, Generalasif ghazanfar, california, chitchat, death valley, Environment, evidence lacking, evolutionary need, ioannis vlachos, ipek kulahci, klimagase, lemur catta, martin stevens, Mexico City, middle east, protects animals, ringtailed lemurs, small talk, stromexportsaldo, taskin deniz, treibhausgase, university of michigan

Scott Magelssen has had more lives than an accident-prone cat. He’s been a waiter in a logging camp. An anthrax victim. A Mexican migrant trying to cross into the U.S. A slave seeking freedom on the Underground Railroad. An observer during an attack on an Iraqi village.

It’s all in a day’s work for Magelssen, a UW associate professor of drama, who has participated in a variety of interactive simulations for his upcoming book, “Simming” to be published in June by University of Michigan Press. The book explores the impact of simulations and the potential of such immersive environments to promote social change. (more…)

Network news climate change stories rarely report both impact, action

By Guest PostMarch 26, 2014Environment, Media, Politicsabc, amphiprion melanopus, anemonefish, cbs, climate change, climate change impacts, das fahrrad, entacmaea quadricolor, greenhouse gas emission, issue, jared wadley, mein rad, nbc, network, news, political conflict, politician, ribbon reefs, richard ling, Rutgers University, university of michigan

ANN ARBOR — When it involves climate change coverage, viewers don’t always get the complete picture from U.S. network television, according to a University of Michigan study.

Major networks—ABC, CBS and NBC—show the impact or actions taken in climate change stories, but rarely combine the components in the same broadcast to give viewers better coverage, the study shows. (more…)

Revolutionary nuclear radiation detector hits the market

By Guest PostMarch 18, 2014Environmentceo, contaminated areas, cook nuclear plant, fuel rods, fukushima in japan, h3d, monitor radiation plumes, nuclear plant operators, nuclear radiation detector, polaris h detector, radiation protection, robert hite, university of michigan, william kaye, zhong he

ANN ARBOR — A handheld radiation camera developed by University of Michigan engineering researchers offers nuclear plant operators a faster way to find potentially dangerous hot spots and leaky fuel rods.

The new ‘Polaris-H’ detector lays a gamma-ray map over an image of a room, pinpointing radiation sources with unprecedented precision. At least four U.S. nuclear power plants are using versions of the camera, which is now available commercially through the U-M spinoff company H3D. (more…)

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