University of Michigan (1 Oct 2020) - Lab-on-a-Chip Offers Faster Means of Identifying Best COVID-19 Plasma Donors

Title:

Lab-on-a-Chip Offers Faster Means of Identifying Best COVID-19 Plasma Donors

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Original story from the University of Michigan

Published:

Diagnostics from Technology Networks, 1 October 2020

https://www.technologynetworks.com/diagnostics/news/lab-on-a-chip-offers-faster-means-of-identifying-best-covid-19-plasma-donors-341068

From the article:

A new, portable lab-on-a-chip developed at the University of Michigan can identify the presence of COVID-19 antibodies in blood with greater speed and efficiency than the current standard “enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay” or ELISA technology.

Research led by University of Michigan - Biomorphic batteries could provide 72 times more energy for robots

Title:
Biomorphic batteries could provide 72 times more energy for robots

Source:
University of Michigan

Published:
ScienceDaily, 19 August 2020
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200819144111.htm

Summary:
Like biological fat reserves store energy in animals, a new rechargeable zinc battery integrates into the structure of a robot to provide much more energy, researchers have shown.

MIT Technology Review, 3 June 2020 - A drug that cools the body's reaction to Covid-19 appears to save lives

Title:
A drug that cools the body's reaction to Covid-19 appears to save lives

Author:
Antonio Regalado

Published:
MIT Technology Review, 3 June 2020
https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/03/1002650/antibody-drug-tocilizumab-immune-response-covid-19-saves-lives/

From the article:
"In an advance toward conquering covid-19, doctors in Michigan say an antibody drug may sharply cut the chance patients on a ventilator will die."

NBC News, 28 May 2020 - University of Michigan president talks about challenges facing reopening plans [Video 06:53]

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University of Michigan president talks about challenges facing reopening plans

Published:
NBC News, 28 May 2020 (Video 06:53)
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/university-of-michigan-president-talks-about-challenges-facing-reopening-plans-84001349809

From the interview:
Dr. Mark Schlissel, president of the University of Michigan, joins NBC News to talk about the plans he has for reopening his campus to students and the challenges they’re facing including whether college athletics will be available at all.

University of Michigan - Robots delivering four times as many food orders in Ann Arbor during coronavirus crisis [Ann Arbor, 13 May 2020]

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Robots delivering four times as many food orders in Ann Arbor during coronavirus crisis 

Author:
Dana Afana

Published:
Ann Arbor, 13 May 2020
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2020/05/robots-delivering-four-times-as-many-food-orders-in-ann-arbor-during-coronavirus-crisis.html

From the article (photos included):
* "As restaurants are limited to serving customers through curbside pickup or delivery to limit the spread of COVID-19, Ann Arbor-based Refraction AI is using its Rev-1, a self-driving vehicle that began delivering food from restaurants to customers in late 2019, to deliver food orders." 
* "Johnson-Roberson and Ram Vasudevan, both University of Michigan engineering professors, developed the technology in hopes of creating a new type of delivery service that costs less."

CNBC video, 4 May 2020 - University of Michigan president on Covid-19 financial impact, admissions

Video title:
University of Michigan president on Covid-19 financial impact, admissions

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CNBC, 4 May 2020

Focus:
"The University of Michigan is expecting a loss of $1 billion due to Covid-19. Dr. Mark Schlissel, The University of Michigan president, joins ‘Power Lunch’ to discuss what in particular is leading to the financial losses."

To watch this video:
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2020/05/04/university-of-michigan-president-on-covid-19-financial-impact-admissions.html

Research from University of Michigan & McGill University in Quebec: Love matters: How parents' love shapes children's lives

Title:
Love matters: How parents' love shapes children's lives

Author:
Morgan Sherburne, University of Michigan

Published:
Phys.org, 12 February 2020

From the article:
"Parents often put their own relationship on the back burner to concentrate on their children, but a new study shows that when spouses love each other, children stay in school longer and marry later in life."

To read this article:
https://phys.org/news/2020-02-parents-children.html

For more information:
Brauner-Otto, S.R., Axinn, W.G. & Ghimire, D.J. Parents’ Marital Quality and Children’s Transition to Adulthood. Demography (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-019-00851-w