ANN ARBOR - More than a quarter of Michigan residents age 50 or older have used cannabis products containing the psychoactive component THC at least once in the past year, according to a new University of Michigan poll released Thursday. That's a higher percentage (27%) compared with the 21% of people in this age group
This news post will cover the U.S. Economic Deceleration Outlook 2024 as Per U-M Forecast. The latest economic forecast from the University of Michigan's Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics (RSQE) paints a picture of a U.S. economy facing significant challenges and uncertainties. While a near-term slowdown is anticipated, the economists stress that the economy is
ANN ARBOR - Detroit’s payroll jobs and the number of employed residents are expected to continue to climb during the next few years along with sustained real wage growth, according to University of Michigan economists. Still, positive trends are tempered by challenges that include more than three-fifths of Detroiters living in lower-income households—more than twice
ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan researchers are celebrating their discovery of a new plant biochemistry and its unusual ability to form cyclic peptides—molecules that hold promise in pharmaceuticals as they can bind to challenging drug targets. Cyclic peptides are an emerging and promising area of drug research. A new study, led by U-M College
ANN ARBOR - Detroit is likely to experience falling unemployment, rising wages and an expanding labor force in the years ahead despite a slowing national economy and the lingering risk of a recession in the near term. The “cautiously optimistic” forecast comes courtesy of the Detroit Economic Outlook 2023-28, produced by the University of Michigan. The
BIRMINGHAM – Improving Traffic Signal Timing With GM Connected VehiclesThe Road Commission for Oakland County partnered with researchers from U of M to see how they could improve traffic signal timing by using GPS data in General Motors vehicles. GM vehicles represent about 6% of vehicles on the road. Researchers reprogrammed traffic lights, leading to a
ANN ARBOR—Artificial intelligence is dominating headlines—enabling new innovations that drive business performance—yet the negative implications for society are an afterthought. How can humans get back into the loop in the quest toward a better society for all? A trans-Atlantic team of researchers, including two from the University of Michigan, has reviewed information systems research on
ANN ARBOR - Communities in the Great Lakes region need to start planning now for a future that may include “climate migrants” who leave behind increasingly frequent natural disasters in other parts of the country. And user-friendly web-based tools can be a central part of that planning process. Map of social and natural risk
ANN ARBOR - The key to maximizing traditional or quantum computing speeds lies in our ability to understand how electrons behave in solids, and a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Regensburg captured electron movement in attoseconds—the fastest speed yet. Seeing electrons move in increments of one quintillionth of a second
ANN ARBOR - A new flexible online training program on data science will prepare job-seekers in Michigan and beyond to quickly enter one of the fastest-growing labor markets and advance their careers. onThe University of Michigan’s Center for Academic Innovation created the program, “Data Analytics in the Public Sector with R,” for data science and other
